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teachers and others, promote in each country the scientific study of 

 educational problems, and aid in the publication of a series of vol- 

 umes, to be known as the Pan American Library and to popularize 

 in the various languages the scientific and other work of American 

 authors. A plan for the interchange among the several nations of 

 instructors and students was also advocated. 



The full results accruing from a congress of this sort are not 

 easily estimated, and are by no means confined to the papers pre- 

 sented. The promotion of a better understanding of conditions and 

 the quickening of interest in matters pertaining to the several coun- 

 tries is in itself an important result. The establishment of a closer 

 relationship among officials working to a common end or those 

 engaged in what may be termed intersecting lines of work, such as 

 the enforcement of quarantine regulations, may be cited as having 

 many permanent and concrete advantages. In the present case this 

 object is especially important in view of the limited opportunities 

 hitherto available. 



The length of the present congress and the marked attention given 

 to social occasions facilitated the promotion of acquaintance and 

 provided bonds of intercourse which should prove useful in future. 

 There should also be mentioned the stimulus and encouragement to 

 those at work in the various lines by the official recognition accorded 

 scientific work. The various resolutions which were adopted present 

 opportunities for utilizing the acquaintance and stimulus developed 

 along specific lines, many of which would be of much service to 

 agriculture if the plans can be brought to fruition. The decision 

 to hold the next session of the congress in Lima, Peru, in 1921, 

 should make possible the accomplishment of definite progress in the 

 long interval intervening. 



