Show AMERICAN PROFESSOR TO TOUR SOUTH AMERICA I 1 dr shepherd of columbia university to visit latin american countries to cultivate personal relations and gather historic matter I 1 i w 1 p 4 I 1 washington feb 3 to acquaint south america with the educational resources of american institutions columbia university will dispatch dr W R shepherd one of its faculty to the leading cities of south aberici early next summer the following announcement regarding the trip was made today by bv the tile bureau of american republics the director of the international bureau of american republics in lil accordance cor dance with the new and enlarged program of the bureau to develop relations with latin america on the intellectual tel and educational as well a I 1 the commercial and material side announce by authority y of dr nicholas IN murray furray butler president of columbia university new york city that dr W R shepherd professor of history in columbia university whose special interests and studies lie in spanish and spanish american history will make a trip as a representative of columbia university to the leading south american commercial and political capitals during the summer of 1907 the object will be to cultivate personal relations with the tile leading men of affairs in south uth america and to carry to them knowledge of the educational resources and opportunities of american colleges and universities with a view of bringing about closer rela rel i between the latin american republics and the united states dr shepherd will also collect material for the course of lectures on south america which he Is to deliver in new york during the spring of 1908 president roosevelt secretary root and the latin american diplo didio agats are much interested in dr shepherds trip it is hoped that it will reciprocally result in the sending of south american men of letters to the united states the director of the bureau is in correspondence with latin american amerlean officials and un universe ivers ties to perfect the arrangements for dr shepherds visit |