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72 Bull. Pan Am. Union 512 (1938)
The University of Chile and Its Summer School

handle is hein.journals/bulpnamu72 and id is 574 raw text is: BULLETIN OF THE PAN AMERICAN UNION importance in the field of education and culture. We expect that it will be a great congress and our belief is borne out by the many acceptances received and the list of papers sent or promised. The congress will begin its activities on Sun- day, September 11, with a visit to the tomb of Sarmiento, and conclude with a visit to the island in the ParanA Delta where he lived. Unquestionably, this First American Congress of Friends of Education will be one of the tributes most pleasing to the spirit of the greatest Argentine civilizer. The University of Chile and its Summer School ESTHER ALLEN GAW Dean of Women, The Ohio Stale University The University of Chile CHILE has at least three universities in addition to the governmental University of Chile in Santiago. These are the Catholic University, also in the capital, the University of Concepci6n, in the city of that name, and the Federico Santa Maria Technical University in Valparaiso. In 1931 the University of Chile in Santi- ago was made autonomous. The govern- ment determines the budget and confirms the most important appointments, but the teaching methods and the curriculum are decided by the faculties. Before speaking of the faculties and curricula, I wish briefly to describe the physical plant of the University of Chile. According to the 1938 catalogue, there are twenty-four different buildings in separated parts of the widespread city. The main building, situated on the Avenida Delicias, or O'Higgins, is a large old structure of colonial architecture, in which are housed the main offices, such as those of the rector (president), the general secretarial staff, the treasurer, and four faculties, namely, the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Phil- osophy and Education, the Faculty of Biology and Medical Sciences, and the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The other three faculties are those of Commerce and Economic In- dustry, of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, and of Fine Arts. The system is utterly different from the North American, since under the direction of these seven faculties there are twelve schools, three institutes and the Conserva- tory of Music. In addition there are three annexed schools and an annexed Secondary Institute, and five other insti- tutions such as those for cinema education and radiology, and the Seismographic Observatory, more or less closely con- nected with the University. According to my understanding, based upon a study of the catalogue of the University of Chile and upon the recent book of Dr. Wilhelm Mann,I a great por- 1 Mann, Wilhelm, Chile luchando por nuevas formas de vida, Santiago, Chile, Ercilla, 1936, 2 volumes. 512

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