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Show Talks by Mrs. Musser Yell Heceived by St. George Audiences Hon. Throughout her three lectures given during Monday, Mrs. Burton W. Musser revealed her thorough comprehension of the Latin-American situation and the purposeful-ness purposeful-ness of the Pan-American conference. confer-ence. Her gracious manners, and lack of ostentation showed clearly why she, as few other women, was so capably fitted to serve the United Uni-ted . States as one of the Peace Ambassadors to Latin America. What people might spend years of research to assemble, she has at her command, and was able to answer without hesitation the many questions presented at the conclusion of her final lecture given in the college auditorium at 8, Monday evening. Emphasized in her talk before the college students at 11 a. m., was the racial set-up of Latin America, which, like the United States is a veritable melting pot of national admixtures. Only in South America, there has been less race distinction and no con-t con-t r o 1 of inter-racial marriage. Latin America embraces all south (Continued on Page A) Mrs. Musser Speaks (Continued from first page) of the United States and 18 of the 50 states speak Spanish. As in Brazil, the races have so intermingled inter-mingled that direct ancestry is difficult to trace. Yet they are a magnificent people, outstanding physically and mentally.- Only a few have kept to themselves. We have outclassed these countries coun-tries commercially and industrially, industri-ally, observes Mrs. Musser, but they have kept ahead of us in literature lit-erature and art, and are on a par in science. Talks At Woodward In her afternoon talk before the Woodward high school, this cele brated stateswoman presented the interesting factors of educational value expressed in the history of Latin America, the uplifting processes proc-esses of education, ..the overcoming of superstitions and the rich opportunity op-portunity for research work and intellectual advancement. It took the quiet lady school ' teacher to prove to the boys and girls that goats would give milk when their hands were washed, though they had been reared to believe this could not happen. Argentina has almqst as high a per cent of boys and girls in school as has the U. S. though some have as low as two p.er cent, which lowers the average. aver-age. But they, do have excellent schools, all of which are self-sustaining, the boys keeping up the school yards and raising the flowers, flow-ers, and Latin-America abounds in flowers. Highlighting her evening address, add-ress, Mrs. Musser expanded on the idea that Latin-America is changing chang-ing in her attitude towards the U. S., through educational forces and through gradual realization of the meaning of the Monroe Doctrine Doc-trine in its proper application, and f mostly because the United States has of itself developed a different attitude towards Latin-America. The power of 21 nations united in a common cause of self-preservation has already been felt, she explains, and the feeling is growling grow-ling that the Americans can live peaceably together as an example to the rest of the world. The desire to learn the English language has become so great that clubs of even three to four thousand membership extend their services in teaching and studying this language. She feels there is definite purpose behind this great movement. |