20 RBPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL. 



APPOINTMENT AS HONORARY MEMBER. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, December 27, 1913. 



Dear Sir: As you are doubtless aware, the Second Pan American 

 Scientific Congress will meet in the city of Washington from December 

 27, 1915, to January 8, 1916. 



Not only are leading institutions of learning throughout Central and 

 South America sending representatives to attend this congress, but the 

 governments of the several Latin American countries are sending dis- 

 ■ tinguished men of learning as official delegates. In addition to the for- 

 eign delegates, there will be more than 500 delegates from colleges and 

 other institutions throughout the United States. 



I am deeply impressed with the great importance of this gathering, 

 and I am confident that in bringing together so notable an assembly of 

 men of learning this meeting will be what is desired — the greatest inter- 

 national conference of an educational nature ever held in the United 

 States. 



It is also believed that by the character of the attendance at the com- 

 ing scientific congress not only will there be an increased fund of scientific 

 knowledge, but more intimate relations will be estabUshed throughout 

 the Americas on the basis of a common interest in science, culture, and 

 economic progress. 



Confident that your presence, your knowledge of the subject before 

 the meeting, and your cooperation in the entertainment of the delegates 

 will add greatly to the success of the congress, I have the honor to extend 

 to you a cordial invitation to attend the sessions in the quahty of an 

 honorary member of the congress. 

 I am, etc., 



For the Secretary of State: 



Frank l>. Polk, 



Counselor. 



APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE. 



May 29, 1915. 

 Dear Commissioner Finley: Dr. Philander P. Claxton, Commissioner 

 of Education of the United States, member of the executive committee 

 and ex officio chairman of Section IV on Education, of the Second Pan 

 American Scientific Congress, meeting in Washington, D. C, December 

 27, 1915, to January 8, 1916, has appointed you a member of the com 

 mittee that has charge of the section on education. Dr. Claxton not only 



