Evening star., 1941-01-05

lands dissolved or dominated by tOts
Austria, Belgium, CZecho-Slova
ania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Norway and Poland are among the
uhantom nations they call home.
Very few of them expect to return
soon. Many are stranded here with
families back home. Others are here
to stay and become United States
citizens.
The Washington embassy OF
these unofficial ambassadors is al
17o6 New Hampshire avenue. 1t IS
the International Student House
HEADQUARTERS Of almost 300 foreign
students in the Nations Capital.
Their "diplonatic" standing is rec
oenized bv Mrs. Roosevelt, who was
hostess at a tea IN their honor at
the White House December IL.
Fusion of international Ideals IN
the United States gives American
students a wider understanding OF
foreign learning and helps foreign
students appreciate Americas con-
tributions. Fruits of this fusion
abroad must await replanting OF
cultural freedom in blighted landS,
but right now intellectual amlty IS
being achieved among republics OF
the Western Hemisphere.
The Buenos Aires Inter-Amerlcan
convention in 1886 came to the con-
clusion that one excellent way OF
maintaining peace through the
hemisphere would be to strengthen
cultural relationships.
Continuous exchange OF students
and faculty members among uni
yersities of the 81 republics has been
approyed in principle; the agree
ment has been ratified by l3-
Brazil. Chile, Costa Rica, the
Dominican Republic, Guatemala,
Haiti. Honduras, Nicaragua, Pana-
ma, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and
the United States.
The State Department, through
its Cultural Relations DIVISION, Is
the eo-betWeen with other nations,
the United States Office of Educa-
ton handles applications from our
students and professors and ar
ranges dossiers of foreign students
and professors approved by other
nations.
Final selection of exchanges is
made by a committee of seven ap-
pointed by the State Department.
Chairman is Stephen Duggan, dl-
rector of the Institute OF 1nterna-
tional Education. Others are AL
bert L. Barrows, executive secretary,
National Research Council; Charles
G., Fenwick, professor of political
science, Bryn Mawr College; Waldo
G. Leland, director, American Coun-
Gil of Learned Societies; Henry Allan
Moe, secretary, Guggenhelm Me-
mortal Foundation; Arthur P.
Whitaker, professor of Latin-Amer-
lean history, University OF Pennsyl-
vania, and Donald Young Of the
staff of Social Science Research
Council. Offices of DR.. BarroWs and
DR.. Leland are in Washington.
Specialists Named.
The Office of Education is ap-
pointing two specialists to help de-
velop the program of better under
standing and good will in our inter-
American cultural relations. They
conduct preliminary study OF appli-
cations to facilitate the committees
selections and will report on text
books, courses of study, pan-Amer-
ican clubs and Latin American IN
stitutes.
The specialists discuss with in
coming students their choice of a
college or university. One problem
they have already had to meet is
the almost invariable request by
the student to study in New York.
To derive best results from the pro-
gram the State Department and
the Office of Education agree that
Latin American students should see
as many sections of our country as
possible and not concentrate on our
seaboard urban civilization. 1t Is
the specialists delicate task to point
out advantages of our "hinterland"
universities.
Fellowships are for a year. The
students government pays trans
portation and incidental expenses;
the host government pays tuition
and living expenses. For United
states participation, Congress voted
se4 500 this year. So far we have
sent six and received II students.
Two are in Washington. Cesar
Augusta Quintero of Panama is
studying at Georgetown University
and Rodolfo Abaunza Salinas of
Nicaragua is at American University.
The program of the State Depart
ment and the Office of Education
is expected to increase steadily, but
they are just entering the field.
The Institute of International Edu-
cation, which concentrates its 20
years Of experience and contacts on
Latin-American exchanges, now that
its overseas work has become negli-
gible, has placed a much greater