the library such practical facilities as are necessary to acquire fluency in speaking Spanish. The highly efficient librarian, Señor Artigas and numerous scholars of Santander and Madrid connected with the society, will be ready at all times to give students practical help. Plans are also afoot to institute series of lectures or classes to be organized at such seasons as may be found most suitable for residence in Santander. Our American students will naturally ask, first of all, what facilities will be offered them by boarding-houses or private families in which they can pursue the practical study of Spanish by means of constant conversation, and especially by intimate relations with the Spanish people. When students begin to turn toward Santander as a hearth for Spanish studies, the question of boarding-houses and families will be eagerly taken up and satisfactorily solved, and American visitors especially can feel assured of the warmest welcome.

As regards Santander and the Santanderinos, a word on the charm of this beautiful city and the hospitality of its citizens müst suffice. As a coast-town with a great harbor and traffic of increasing importance. Santander has in recent years grown in size and beauty. A large factor in its prosperity has been the presence of the King, who makes Santander his residence for several months every summer; at that season the ocean, the beaches and the surrounding Cantabrian mountains offer a welcome change to the madrileños and other Spaniards who flee from the heat of Castile and Andalusia. Herein lies one of the great advantages of Santander over Madrid: its climate is not only mild and attractive for the greater part of the year, but also makes possible innumerable excursions through the ancient province of Asturias: so that the stranger may see many. sights of great natural beauty, and seize the rare opportunity of visiting localities made famous in history, or recalled in ballad and epic poetry, in legend and folklore. It will suffice to recall a few names well known to every student of Spanish history, art, or letters. Among the many places that can be reached by train, or bicycle, or automobile (and not a few on foot) are Santillana, a remarkable mediaeval town with numerous ancient buildings quite intact, and a rare old church which is a precious example of early romanesque; the caverns of Altamira, most important in the study of the late Stone Age because of their extraordinary prehistoric sketches of animals: the highly picturesque seaport of San Vicente de la Barquera with ancient walls, bridges, and churches;

Llanes, a quaint and typical fishermen's town; or Covadorga, the socalled cradle of the Spanish monarchy, which is still visited today by many pilgrims who worship at the shrine in the cave that was supposed to shelter King Pelayo. Moreover, those who are fond of high-mountain climbing, will find both grandeur and exercise in an excursion to the famous Picos de Europa. Indeed, the student's program may be admirably arranged, permitting him to supplement play and work pursued at Santander by further studies at Madrid, and each sojourn can be planned for an appropriate season of the year.

The Society of Menéndez y Pelayo has an organ in the Boletín de la Biblioteca de Menéndez y Pelayo, published six times a year, and containing articles of a most varied character, calculated to awaken a wider interest in the work of the society and the opportunity offered by the library; it prints unedited texts besides original articles dealing with historical, literary and other matter. The membership fee of the society is twenty-five pesetas a year, and, no doubt, anyone planning to pursue his studies at Santander may find it helpful to become a member. It is gratuitous to add that women students will find the same opportunities offered to men, and the readers of HISPANIA may thus make known to specialists in the Spanish language, literature and history, that the new Sociedad Menéndez y Pelayo holds out every promise for successful work, for a profitable sojourn in one of the fairest provinces of the Peninsula, and for rare friendships with cultured Spaniards.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

RUDOLPH SCHEVILL

THIRD ANNUAL MEETING

Program of the Third Annual Meeting of THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SPANISH, to be held in the Law School of George Washington University, Washington, D. C., Saturday, December 27th, 1919.

(The following is the program as arranged up to November 15. Additions may be made thereto, but the speakers here mentioned have promised to appear. The final version of the program will be in the hands of those who attend the meeting.)

MORNING SESSION-BEGINNING 10:00

Presiding: PROF. HENRY GRATTAN DOYLE, President Washington, D. C., Chapter.

Address of welcome to the University: PRESIDENT WILLIAM MILLER COLLIER, of George Washington University, formerly Minister to Spain.

Address of Welcome: DR. L. S. Rowe, Director of the Bureau of the Latin-American Republics, and Secretary-General of the International High Commission, State Department.

Address of Welcome: SR. FRANCISCO J. YANES, Assistant Director of the Pan-American Union, Washington, D. C.

Reply: MR. LAWRENCE A. WILKINS, President of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish.

Presiding: MR. LAWRENCE A. WILKINS.

Address: SR. JUAN RIAÑO Y GAYANGOS, Ambassador of Spain to the United States.

Address: SR. JACOBO VARELA, Minister of Uruguay to the United States.

Luncheon.

AFTERNOON SESSION-BEGINNING 2:30

BUSINESS SESSION

President's Address: MR. LAWRENCE A. WILKINS.

Address: "Tumefaction' in the Study of Spanish," PROF. HENRY GRATTAN DOYLE.

Address: "Attainable Aims in the Teaching of Spanish in Secondary Schools," PROF. CHARLES P. HARRINGTON, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut.

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer: DR. ALFRED COESTER.
Committee Reports.

Election of Officers for 1920.
Unfinished Business.

The Washington Committee in Charge of Arrangements consists of Mr. Francisco J. Yánes, Assistant Director of the PanAmerican Union, chairman; Dr. Guillermo A. Sherwell, of the International High Commission; Dr. C. E. McGuire, International High Commission; Professor Henry Grattan Doyle, George Washington University, and Mr. Arturo Torres, of the Educational Section, Pan-American Union and DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City. This committee is arranging for some excellent vocal music in Spanish to be rendered at intervals in the program.

It would seem likely that many teachers of Spanish will desire to combine attendance upon this meeting with a visit to Washington at the holiday season. Because of the somewhat crowded conditions that still prevail in that city, the above committee will try to arrange for accommodations in hotels and boarding houses for those who attend this meeting. Those desiring help in securing accommodations will do well to write to Professor Doyle, stating how long they expect to remain in the city, giving exact dates, and mentioning whether they prefer a hotel or a rooming house. Your attention should be given to this matter as soon as possible after you read these lines. A reception will be tendered the members of the association the evening of December 27th by a well-known society of Washington, if it can be ascertained by December 15th that a sufficient number of members who remain in town over that night will attend this reception. Those who will attend this reception are urged to write to Mr. Torres in time that the letter may reach him by December 15th and indicate their intention to be present at this evening function.

This committee will also try to arrange an excursion to Washington's tomb at Mt. Vernon on Sunday, December 28th, if the assurance can be had that a sufficient number to make the affair a success

will go. Indication as to intention to join this party should likewise be given Mr. Torres on or before December 15th. He should be addressed care of the Pan-American Union, Washington, D. C.

Let everybody who can, attend the Washington meeting. We need the hearty and complete coöperation of all who can possibly be present to make this meeting a great success.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS

Lawrence, Kansas, October 16, 1919.

To the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SPANISH:

Your committee on the nomination of officers of the association for the year 1920 begs leave to report the following selection of

names:

For President: LAWRENCE A. WILKINS.

For Vice-Presidents: E. S. INGRAHAM, H. G. DOYLE, J. WARSHAW, For Secretary-Treasurer: ALFRED COESTER,

For Members of the Executive Council: MATILDE F. ALLEN, F. L. PHILLIPS, R. E. HOUSE, CARL O. SUNDSTROM.

Respectfully submitted,

CAROLINA MARCIAL DORADO

JOHN J. ARNao, Jr.

E. C. HILLS

GUILLERMO A. SHERWELL

ARTHUR L. OWEN (Chairman)