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Article 17. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress urgently recommends that — 

 Spanish be taught more generally in the schools, colleges, and uni- 

 versities of the United States and that English be taught more 

 generally in the educational institutions of the Latin American 

 Republics, and that both languages be taught from the point 

 of view of American life, literature, history, and social insti- 

 tutions. 



Article 18. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that — 



The study of sociology in American universities where it is not at 

 present taught be inaugurated. 



Article 19. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress petitions — 



The Governments of the American Republics to further the inter 

 change of educators of all grades, and of students of university, 

 normal, and technical training, and to encourage both to make 

 visits of instruction to other American countries. 



Article 20. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress suggests that — 



The presidents of the leading architectural societies of this hemisphere 

 shall be requested to communicate with one another for the 

 purpose. of forming a Pan American federation of architec- 

 tural societies. 

 Such federation should hold conferences in different countries at 

 stated periods. 



Article 21. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that — 



There be published a series of volumes entitled the "Pan American 

 Library," with the object of popularizing, in the several lan- 

 guages spoken on the continent, the best scientific, literary, 

 and artistic works of American authors. 



