Before going to the Institute in the afternoon, Otoya 

 met me at Parque Gentenario and gave me moral support 

 while I photographed ff La Rebeca n , a white marble draped 



nude of considerable 

 beauty. Since my ep- 

 perience in Pacho and 

 Zipaquird, I was uneasy 

 about flourishing a cam- 

 era without a specific 

 permit. All was quite 

 calm and peaceful and I 

 was not even stared at. 

 ^.urillo is getting us a 

 full permit to cover all 

 matters pertaining to 

 our trip to Medellln and 

 we should have that by 

 tomorrow. The one valid 

 criticism of the statue 

 is that the hands and 

 feet are too large. The 

 Gomez sisters say this 

 is the result of using 

 a campesina for a model . 

 We went on to the Insti- 

 tute and I worked until 

 hp then leaving to meet 

 Clara for a call on Dr 

 Hernandez de Alba at his 

 home, Garrera 15>, N Q kk- 

 La Rebeca 3U. Both he and his wife 



were easy to listen to. 

 He had to go to a class, so we said our goodbye very prompt- 

 ly, but they insisted in showing us his upstairs study. 

 They gave us the two volumes already published of his his- 

 tory of the Colegio del Rosario, showed us a manuscript 

 signed by teutis, other old books, an autograph of Bolivar, 

 a piece of handkerchief used to stuff his boot, a piece of 

 the 3 an Carlos window frame. EL Doctor drove to his class 

 at the Colegio de la Merced, taking us along. La senora 

 will take Clara to visit classes at La Merced tomorrow. 



Feb. 2?» I worked at the Institute all day. Kurillo went 

 to the fHudLstty in the morning to get our letter from the 

 Minister. In the morning Clara went to the book shops to 

 look for books for Ben, then came back to the apartment to 

 wait to be called for at eleven by Senora de Hernandez de 

 Alba. The Colegio de la Merced was founded in 1832; land 

 had been given in the 1820 's, for a school for orphan girls 

 planned in the 18th century. The present building was only 



