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...Harvard Spanish Club was first founded in the year 1900 under the name of La Sociedad Espanola de Harvard, with an initial membership of 40. It was an enthusiastic group, judging by the activities of which we have record. Meetings often consisted of discussions of literary subjects, and about once a year a play was presented. The aim of the group was to foster friendly relations between our country and countries of Spanish speech and culture, and this goal has been kept over since...
...from the south came word, last week, of further solidification of Pan American Airways' position as leader of South American air transport routes. Its president, Juan Terry Trippe, announced a cooperative operating agreement with "Scadta" (Sociedad Colombo-Alemena de Transportes Aereos), an air transport system involving about 3,000 miles of routes in the Republic of Colombia. Joined into the links of P. A. A.'s vast chain of 13,000 miles (TIME, Feb. 17), the two systems present a formidable front to other air transport companies on the continent...
...north coast is Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transposes Aereos, commonly called SCADTA. Head of SCADTA is redoubtable Dr. Peter P. von Bauer, an Austrian who has become a Colombian citizen. He is the aeronautical yes-no man of the country. Whoever wishes to touch Colombia with aviation lines must man fully deal with him. Pan-American traded rights with him in order to complete its Caribbean line from Panama to Port of Spain, Trinidad. He demanded and received the right to run SCADTA planes from Barranquilla, Colombia, to Panama...
...Cuban Secretary of State my acknowledgement of the official recognition of the projected visit of the organization with which I am connected, and my earnest hope that the concerts of the Symphony Society of New York to be given in Havana under the auspices of the 'Sociedad Pro Arte Musical' may not only bring closer together the musical interests of our respective countries, but may serve as a reminder of the friendship in which we hold our sister Republic...
...International Polity Federation is arranging for a number of speakers to treat the various problems of international relations from different points of view during this half-year. Two more clubs have recently joined the Federation, the History Club and the Sociedad Espanola, making in all nine undergraduate and graduate organizations co-operating in the movement to increase the interest of Harvard men in international problems. All members of the University are cordially invited to attend the meeting this evening...