Evening star., 1942-09-27
Mission Institute
Will Emphasize
Latin America
Several Authorities
ToBe Heard at
Two.Day Session

Several authorities on Latin
America and inter American affairs
will be featured during the annual
two-day missionary institute of the
Washington Council of Church
Women. opening Wednesday at the
Calvary Baptist Church.
With Latin America the theme of
the sessions this year the program
will be based on the study book. ON
This Foundation" by w. Stanley
RycNft.
TfR instructor will be DR.. Samuel
Guy Inman, former missionary to
Latin America for the Disciples of
Christ and former executive secre-
tary of the Committee on Co-opera-
ton in Latin America. Now with
the faculty Of the University Of
Pennsylvania, DR.. Inman recently
directed the Pan American Institute
at Mills College.
DR.. Walter C. Laves, director Of
the Division Of Inter American Ac-
tivities in the United States, who Is
on leave of absence from the Uni
versity of Chicago, will make the
opening address Wednesday morn
ing. His subject will be "Respon-
sibilities OF Citizens Of the United
States Under the Good Neighbor
Policy.
Miss Thurston to Speak.
1nspirational speaker for both
days Of the institute will be Miss
Mabel Thurston. well-known reli-
gious leader in Washington, who has
taught the Thurston Bible Glass at
the Covenant First Presbyterian
Church for Is years. Miss Thurs
ton has written several books and
Is active in the conference work in
the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.
Group discussions on Latin
America will be presented Wednes-
day afternoon.
DIR. j. Earl Moreland, president of
Randolph Macon College, Ashland
Va, will lead the group on Brazil,
while other leaders are as follows:
West Coast republics, DR.. Jose
Antonio Ar1e. professor of the Uni
versity Of Sucre, LaPaz, Bolivia
River Plata region, Mrs. M. L. Zim-
mer, former teacher at the Insti-
tuto Cultural Argentine Norte Amer
lean: Mexico, DR.. Luis Quintanilla,
Minister Counselor of the Mexican
Embassy, and West Indies, Dr. Raoul
Herrera-Arango, Second Secretary
Of the Cuban Embassy.
Preliminary to the institute will
be the Latin American tea Tuesday
at which wives of the chiefs of sew
eral OF the Latin American diplo-
matte missions here will share
honors with the wives of several Su-
preme Court justices and cabinet Of
ficers. The tea will be held from
4 to 6 pm. at the headquarters of
the Washington Federation OF
Churches, 175l N street NV.
Sacrificial Luncheon.
Special booths Of Latin American
exhibits also are being arranged in
connection with the institute.
An innovation on the program
this year will be the sacrificial lunch
con on Wednesday when the 1000
women expected to attend will OBJ
serve = Commute period of silence
and meditation.
Planned as continuation Of the
devotional period. the luncheon will
be presided over by Mrs. Joy Elmer
Morgan, council president. There
will be no charge for the special
plate. which will include only a
small bun, a handful of raisins and a
cup of tea. but an Offering will be
taken to further the councils work
at Ganinger Hospital.
Another innovation will be night
session Thursday for the benefit OF
women employed during the day. DR.
Inman will speak at the meeting
which starts at 8p.m. No afternoon
session is planned for Thursday.
Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel is chair
man of the institute this year.