98 FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 



ARTICLE 24. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress is of the 

 firm conviction that, as the idea of direct government by the 

 people grows, it becomes increasingly essential to the well-being 

 of the world that the leaders of opinion in each community be 

 familiar with the duties and obligations as well as with the rights 

 of States, as recognized in international law, and that it has 

 become a patriotic duty resting upon our educational institu- 

 tions to give as thorough and as extensive courses as possible 

 in international law and related subjects. The Congress therefore 

 recommends : 



I. That steps be taken to extend the study of the subject: 



(a) By increasing the number of schools and institu- 



tions in which international law and related 

 subjects are taught; 



(b) By increasing the number of students in attend- 



ance upon the courses; and 



(c) By diffusing a knowledge of its principles in each 



American Republic. 



II. That a course in international law, where possible, should 

 consist of systematic instruction during at least a full 

 academic year, divided between international law and 

 diplomacy ; and 



III. That prominent experts in international law and diplomacy 

 be invited from time to time to lecture upon these 

 subjects in the institutions of learning of the American 

 Republics. 



The recommendation in Article 24 is general in its nature and is aimed 

 to supply not only professional students but the general public with 

 information useful to both in forming what Dr. NICHOLAS MURRAY 

 BuTLER has aptly termed "the international mind." The recommenda- 

 tions under this article are specific in their nature and aim to increase 

 instruction in American institutions of learning where courses of inter- 

 national law are given, and to secure the introduction of courses on 

 international law and diplomacy in institutions where they unfortu- 

 nately are not given at present. The purpose of this section is not so 

 much to scatter the principles of international law broadcast among 

 the people as to impress students at American institutions of learning 

 with the importance of international law and its principles, so that the 

 leaders of opinion, who may have studied in American institutions of 



