PAMPHLET NO. 97 COVER ILLUSTRATION PUPILS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF MEXICO CITY HONOR Courtesy of Secretariat of Public Education, Mexico UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE . WASHINGTON: 1944 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. Price 10 cents PAN AMERICAN CLUBS IN THE UNITED Development of Pan American Clubs.. Essentials for the Success of a Pan American Club.. PAN AMERICAN CLUBS IN THE OTHER Page INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATION IN THE T SCHOOLS: STUDENT CLUBS PAN AMERICAN CLUBS IN THE UNITED STATES HE AUDITORIUM of a new school in the city of Juárez, Mexico, was crowded with students and visitors. The sunlight, streaming through stained glass windows which depicted life-sized figures of the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc and the Mexican patriots, Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, and Benito Juárez, lighted hundreds of expectant young faces. The stage was impressive with municipal and federal officials, teachers, and a few students against a background of huge flags of Mexico and the United States. Suddenly there was a commotion near the door. The news that the visitors from, the United States had arrived spread through the audience. The way was cleared for their entrance. The moment for the student ushers had come. They hurried to the door to escort half a hundred high-school students and teachers from El Paso, Tex., to the front seats reserved for them. The municipal and federal officials of the United States who followed were ushered onto the stage and warmly greeted by the Mexicans there. The program was soon under way. First came the playing of the national anthems of Mexico and the United States, followed by introductions and much applause. Then came the event of the day, the real object of the gathering, the presentation of a good citizenship trophy to one of the Mexican students. This cup had been offered by the Pan American club of an El Paso high school to the Mexican student who, in the opinion of his teachers and fellow students, exemplified the best qualities of citizenship in his school and community. The presentation of the trophy climaxed the third inter-American student visit between the two border cities within the last 5 years. Others are being planned. A whole vista of friendly contacts opens to these students in a community where it has sometimes appeared that prejudice was all too common in the past. Certainly an exchange of friendly visits and meetings between students of Mexico and the United States has been infrequent since the border troubles of 1916. DEVELOPMENT OF PAN AMERICAN CLUBS What motivated these demonstrations of friendship between the students of Mexico and the United States? How was the interest of the school authorities awakened to the possibilities inherent in such |