State, and since September 1, 1946, the Department has provided two more American teachers with grants to enable them to teach English and assist with the cultural program of the Center.

The Department of State, through the American Embassy and the Director, sponsors the Center. The Director is responsible not only to the Department, but also to a local Junta Directiva, or board of directors, composed of five Costa Ricans and four United State citizens.

In addition to paying the salaries and expenses of the Director and two teachers of English, the Department also furnishes most of the reading materials for the library, records, sheet music, and orchestrations for the music room and much of the equipment, such as slide projector, typewriters, and other articles necessary for the efficient functioning of the Center.

Members are charged a nominal fee of about ninety cents per month which entitles them to all the rights and privileges of the Center with exception of permission to attend classes, for which an additional monthly fee of about one dollar and thirtyfive cents per course is charged. The

proceeds of these fees are used to meet current local expenses, such as rental, light, etc. The financial records show that over a period of almost two years the Ticos have accounted for approximately half of the total annual budget of the Center.

Typical of the activities of the Center are those which took place during the month of June 1947, when more than 600 students and members were enrolled:

LECTURES, EXHIBITS, CONCERTS, ETC.

1. June 2, 1947-8 p. m.

Meeting of the Model Airplane Club called ACMAN-Asociación Costarricense de Modelismo Aeronaval.

2. June 4, 1947-9 p. m.

Meeting of the Centro Student Council 3. June 7, 1947-7:30 p. m. Centro chorus practice.

4. June 9, 1947-8 p. m.

Meeting of the Model Airplane Club. 5. June 12, 1947-8:30 p. m.

The Centro was highly honored by a lecture
delivered by Mrs Roger Stone (Doris Stone) on
The Indians of Costa Rica.

Mrs. Stone was graduated from Radcliffe
College. She did graduate work in arche-
ology and ethnology at Peabody Museum,
Harvard University, and is president of the

enthusiastic audience. He was accompanied by his wife. This program, which was attended by about 125 people, was dedicated to the Louisiana State University Summer Session group, which made the Centro its headquarters.

10. June 21, 1947-7:30 p. m.

Centro chorus practice. 11. June 24, 1947-5:30 p. m.

Dr. Hesseltine's second lecture. 12. June 24, 1947-8:30 p. m.

Señor Humberto Cano of Honduras, accompanied by Señor Miguel Angel Quesada of San José, gave a violin concert. Señor Cano studied in Europe for many years and has given many concerts there, as well as in the Latin American countries. As a result of this program, which was received enthusiastically by his Centro audience, Sr. Cano was invited to give a concert in the Teatro Nacional. Present for this program also was the Honduran Minister.

13. June 27, 1947-9 p. m.

Miss Esther Groundland, of the Division of Inter-American Affairs, and a local teacher of the Centro, directed a song festival. A group of Centro students dressed in costumes sang

3. June 15, 1947-3 to 5 p. m. Open house in honor of Professor and Mrs. Hesseltine. An art exhibit of reproductions of American paintings and a recorded musical program from the Centro art collection and musical library were features of the afternoon. 4. June 18, 1947-9 p. m.

A fiesta típica was held to welcome the group of ten American students and two teachers who constituted the first Louisiana State University Spanish Summer Session in Costa Rica; their classes were held in the Centro. Besides the regular marimba dance, there were many colorful features, such as the Punto Guanacasteco, which was danced in the native costume of Guanacaste, a rich agricultural district of Costa Rica. Two Centro members also played the guitar and sang typical Costa Rican songs. The final feature was a dance by Señora de Ugalde, whose husband is a student in the Centro. More than four hundred persons were present to enjoy the festivities and the refreshments.

5. June 23, 1947-9 p. m.

One of the classes held a party in the Centro.
Dancing and singing popular songs in
English and Spanish were features of the
evening's entertainment.

6. June 29, 1947

A group of about thirty Centro students and teachers went to a finca where they had a picnic lunch and spent the day.

The record of the Center for the past two years clearly indicates that it has more than succeeded in attaining the objectives for which it was established, and that it has become an essential in the social and academic life of many Josefinos.2 The success of the enterprise also demonstrates beyond a doubt that the kind of good will which this organization has been dispensing meets with enthusiastic acceptance and approval on the part of its recipients. It is completely democratic in character, and one finds side by side in the same class a wealthy lawyer, a government clerk, a consul-elect, a valet, a teacher, a factoryworker, the wife of an eminent physician, a maid, a cook, a yard man, a plumber, and others, all eagerly engrossed in learning the language and civilization of their friendly English-speaking neighbors to the North.

Just as the Costa Ricans sing so well, and with such feeling, "God bless America, land that I love," so may United States citizens learn to say with equal appreciation, "Viva Costa Rica."

2 Residents of San José.

PLANS for an Argentine-American Cultural Institute, similar to the one in Buenos Aires, are being prepared by the Argentine Embassy in Washington. This will be an entirely independent body; however, for the present, because the colony of resident Argentines without government business in the United States is small, the Argentine membership on the executive board will include embassy officials.

The Institute has for its primary purposes the following: maintenance of the Argentine School, which is already holding classes in English and Spanish at the Embassy; establishment of a book, record, and film library and a permanent exhibition on Argentina; and cooperation with other joint organizations, such as the Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce in New York. The Institute will also sponsor lecture series, and encourage exchange of students, reciprocal scholarships, and so on.

Of these, the school is now a reality. Why was this the first step taken by the Institute? Obviously, because it is through language that we communicate Our thoughts and feelings to others; and a close intellectual association between the two countries, such as the school envisions, would be impossible without mutual comprehension.

Enrollment of students for the Spanish classes exceeded three hundred, but at this time only ninety attend. This group