University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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well in this respect ; but with the development and strengthening of two de- partments, the Oriental and the Latin American, very much greater activity is assured. The newly organized Latin American Department of the University, co- operating with the departments of Spanish and History, has an ambitious plan of operations. It intends to standardize university courses in South and North America, so that the different systems employed may be easily evaluated. Al- though the southern continent has universities of greater age than those of the United States, there has been as yet no interchange of professors. Nor has there been brought together in this country, in any institution, a library of the history, literature and statistics of the Latin-American countries with whom we are coming every day into close relations. All this must be done on the basis of an accurate knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese languages, indices of the subtle differences in the character and customs of the people of the northern and southern continents of this hemisphere. For the department, an especially suitable Director has been found in the person of Dr. Julius Ziegner-Uriburu. A graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, he spent several years in study abroad, and thereafter lost no opportunity of enlarging and deepening his acquaintance with the countries of Latin- America. He comes of a distinguished family, his uncle, Don Jose E. Uriburu, having been President of the Argentine Republic from 1895 to 1898. Already important information concerning entrance requirements, qualifi- cations for degrees, courses, etc., translated into Spanish from the U. S. C. Year-Boole, is in the hands of the printer and will be sent throughout South and Central America, Mexico and Cuba for the benefit of intending students. Competitive scholarships, the holders to be appointed by Ministers of Educa- tion, have been established in several countries of South America, and others are projected. The two courses of Spanish Lectures given this semester by Dr. Uriburu and prominent representatives of Latin-American countries are to be followed by instruction in Portuguese and other subjects of particular value in this field. In the Oriental Department, the Director, Dr. James Main Dixon, has secured the valuable services of Rev. John Hedley, for seventeen years stationed in Northern China, and a capable linguist. Professor Hedley has written a valuable and entertaining book, Tramps Through Dark Manchuria, and has contributed to the best journals dealing with Chinese life and civilization. He is personally acquainted with the present monarch of China, Yuan-Shi-Kai. His courses are already attracting much interest, and some of our leading graduates and undergraduates are planning to devote themselves to careers in the Orient. UNIVERSITY Page 19

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