University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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The University has now been established as a Pan-American Institution as it is fortunately situated for the purpose of acting as a clearing house for the intellectual interest of North and South America. Its purpose is to study the particular problems of both continents with the hope that it may be able to serve as an interpreter of each to the other. Friendly competition in athletic sports and exchange of faculty, together with exchange of students and cooperative work on mutual problems have provided an extensive program for our Pan-American Division. The tropical setting of this University in the southernmost tip of the United States offers opportunity for study and research in the field of tropical biology, agriculture, and medicine which is unparalleled. To this end the Tropical Research Bureau has been established which is closely related to. but separate from, the under-graduate departments of science. The large number of visitors coming to Miami during the winter season has brought about the establishment of many adult courses. The hearty response of the people to the offerings of the Lecture and Concert Bureau in the past has required the rapid development of this bureau to include a division of adult education and a greater mid-winter forum. So we have here in this wonderful climate amid ideal surroundings a great institution of learning which inspires and fosters the spirit of tolerance, high ideals, and good fellowship extending to the four corners of the earth. [ 20 ]