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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1916. 



After breakfast the guests assembled in the lobby of the hotel at 9.45 and 

 were driven in hotel automobiles and machines of the chamber of commerce 

 to the University of Pennsylvania. They were welcomed by the provost of 

 the university, Dr. Rdgar Fahs Smith, in Houston Hall, the assembly hall 

 of the students' club house, at 10.10 a. m. Dr. Smith's speech of welcome 

 was interpreted by one of the Latin American students of the university. 

 Mr. Hano, representing the Latin American students in the various depart- 

 ments of the university, delivered a short address of welcome, the response 

 to which was given by Dr. Rodrigo Octavio, of Brazil. The delegates were 

 then divided into different groups, according to their respective interests in 

 the various departments, and were escorted to these departments by Latin 

 American students, actirig as special guides. Afterwards the party pro- 

 ceeded on foot to the Philadelphia Commercial Museum, where they were 

 welcomed by the director, Dr. William P. Wilson, and Senator McFarlane. 

 The visitors were then carried back to the Bellevue-Stratford in automo- 

 biles for a luncheon given in their honor by the Philadelphia Chamber of 

 Commerce. A separate luncheon was served in the Red Room for the 

 ladies of the party. Several short speeches were made at the conclusion 

 of the men's luncheon, which was presided over by Hon. Thomas B. Smith, 

 the mayor of Philadelphia, who was introduced by Secretary General 

 Barrett and extended a cordial welcome to the delegates from the entire 

 people of Philadelphia. The mayor was followed by Dr. Ernesto Quesada, 

 of Argentina; Dr. Ramon Salas Edwards, of Chile; and Gen. Carlos Cuervo 

 Marquez, of Colombia. The speeches of Dr. Edwards and Gen. Cuer\^o 

 Marquez, given in Spanish, were interpreted, respectively, by Dr. Peter 

 H. Goldsmith and Boas Long. The speeches of the Latin American 

 delegates were most felicitous, appropriate to the occasion, and in happy 

 accord with the following introductory statement from the address of 

 Mayor Smith : 



"In welcoming you to Philadelphia I rnust tell you what this city 

 means, not merely to the United States but to all the Americas. You 

 are now, my friends, in the birthplace of liberty, the town in which was 

 proclaimed that immortal document which set this country free and 

 which acted as a model for the nations which you represent when your 

 ancestors, like ours, were seeking freedom from European yokes. It is 

 fitting that you should visit Philadelphia from a historical standpoint, 

 and it is more appropriate that you at this time should visit us in this 

 city, because it is here that are manufactured many of the goods which 

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