FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 89 



ARTICLE 22. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress, confirming 

 the resolution adopted at the First Pan American Scientific 

 Congress of 1908-9, recommends the organization in connection 

 with the Pan American Union of a department of education, 

 which shall 



(a) Be intrusted with the publication, in Spanish, Portuguese 



French, and English, of such works on education as are of 

 importance to the American countries; 



(b) Keep the different Republics in touch with educational progress ; 



(c) Promote in each country the scientific study of educational 



problems from both national and American standpoints; 



(d) Facilitate the interchange of ideas and information among the 



teachers of the continent, and in general serve the educational 

 interests of the Americas. 



The introduction to this very important recommendation of the 

 Congress calls attention to the fact that it is a confirmation of the resolu- 

 tion adopted by the First Pan American Scientific Congress of 1908-9. 

 The importance of educational cooperation has long since been recognized 

 and was stated by the Third Latin American Scientific Conference, 

 held at Rio de Janeiro in 1905, at a time when such reunions were con- 

 fined to the inhabitants of Latin America. The resolution of the First 

 Pan American Scientific Congress, to which reference is made, is as follows : 

 That, in accordance with the resolution of the Third Pan American 

 Conference the several Governments be requested to provide for the creation 

 in the International Bureau of the American Republics of a Pan American 

 department of education, which shall be charged with the duty of publish- 

 ing in English, Spanish, and Portuguese all treatises and works on education 

 which may possess a Pan-American interest, and of subserving all other 

 educational interests in America. 



The recommendation of the present Congress is calculated not merely 

 to give effect to the resolution of its immediate predecessor, but at one 

 and the same time to give effect to the resolution of the Third and Fourth 

 International Conference of American States, held, respectively, at 

 Rio de Janeiro in 1906 and at Buenos Aires in 1910, authorizing the 

 International Union of the American Republics "to supply information 

 on educational matters." 



In order to render effective the recommendation for the interchange 

 of educators and of students of the Americas, there should be some 

 specific organization whose duty it should be to take the necessary 

 steps and to provide the necessary information upon which the success of 

 the interchange must depend. As to the necessity of some organization 



