Duchesne Record | 1914-10-23 | Page 4 | Our Sister Republics

OUR SISTER REPUBLICS There Ther is a awakening in this country concerning th the possibilities for well vell fitted young men in the South American re re- re- re publics Dr Claxton Commissioner of Education recently gave out the following statements concerning our sister republics These countries comprise an area three times as great as th the United States Slates They are arc rich in mineral forests water power and a wide range of agricultural products They have of leOPle with government modeled after our own Their foreign commerce amounts to more than annually an i is rapidly increasing The uThe third American city in population is in Latin America Another Latin American m city has inhabitants Three Thre others have approximately each and five others have cac each or more Some of the these e cities rank among the most beaul beautiful ful ul and attractive tin in ill the tile world These countries are making rapid progress in ill elementary 9 am and secondary education and in industrial education Several o otheir of their universities enroll from one to 2000 students each The history history history his his- tory of their countries is interesting and they a rich anc and varied literature A further reason for teaching Spanish in our schools more than we do is that it is the language of tenth one-tenth of all the people claiming claiming claim claim- ing lag protection under the A American Flag as well as of one of th the culture nations of Europe tJ I