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requests that you honor the congress by serving as chairman of the sub- 

 section committee in charge of elementary education, but begs to suggest 

 as well that you designate not to exceed three members to serve with 

 you on your subcommittee. The secretary general takes exceeding 

 pleasure in approving your appointment and begs to express, with Dr. 

 Claxton, the hope that you will accept. 



It is highly desirable that the members of your subsection committee 

 be selected at your earliest convenience, as the Commissioner of Educa- 

 tion hopes to call a meeting before June 14 of the educational section 

 of the congress. Your designations may be sent direct to the secretary 

 general who is authorized by the executive committee to formally ap- 

 prove all appointments. 



Anticipating with exceeding pleasure, on behalf of the secretary 



general and Dr. Claxton, your own acceptance, I am, 



Very faithfully yours, 



Glen Levin Swiggett, 



Acting Secretary General. 

 Commissioner John H. Finley, 



Albany, N. Y. 



INVITATION TO WRITERS OF PAPER. 



October 29, 1915. 



Dear Mr. Bard: It gives me pleasure to state that the committee in 

 charge of the subsection on university education, of which President 

 James, of the University of Illinois, is chairman, requests that you be 

 invited to prepare a paper for that subsection on "Things which interest 

 university students in the United States as compared with the interests 

 of similar students in Europe and Latin America." 



I have the honor, therefore, as acting secretary general of the Second 

 Pan American Scientific Congress, to invite you on behalf of the executive 

 committee to prepare this paper. All papers should be in the hands of 

 the secretary general not later than December 10. The inclosed circular 

 statement to contributors will be of interest to you. 



Begging to express the hope that you will honor the congress with thf 



acceptance of this invitation, I am, 



Very faithfully yours. 



Glen Levin Swiggett, 



Acting Secretary General. 

 Harry Erwin Bard, 



Secretary Pan American Society of the United States, 



15 Broad Street, New York City. 



