[Illustration: VENEZUELAN AND GEORGETOWN STUDENTS FRATERNIZING AT THE
FOOT OF STATUE OF SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
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SERIES II
BULLETIN NO. 1
Georgetown University
SCHOOL OF
FOREIGN SERVICE
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VENEZUELA
AN ECONOMIC REPORT PRESENTED BY STUDENTS
OF THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE
AS AN AID TO THE FOREIGN TRADE
OF THE UNITED STATES
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. C.
APRIL, 1921
THIS REPORT
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS OF THE COMMERCIAL
AREAS OF THE WORLD TO BE CONDUCTED AS AIDS TO
AMERICAN OVERSEAS COMMERCE
BY
STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE
~Is Dedicated~
TO
~Señor Doctor Esteban Gíl Borges~
MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS OF
VENEZUELA
UPON WHOM AS REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE
OF
THE LAND OF BOLÍVAR
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WILL CONFER
WITH FELICITATIONS
THE HONORARY DEGREE OF
~Doctor of Laws~
ON APRIL TWENTY-SIXTH
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PAGE
LETTER OF SUBMITTAL OF REGENT OF SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE TO
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY 11
REPORT OF DR. SHERWELL, HEAD OF GEORGETOWN MISSION TO VENEZUELA 13
Personnel of Group 13
Program of Studies 14
Departure from New York 14
Reception by University of Caracas 14
Message of Georgetown University 15
Reply of University of Caracas 19
Reception at Military Academy 21
Tour of Northern Venezuela 23
Recitation and Research Work 26
Final Lecture 26
Departure for the United States 28
Acknowledgment of Courtesies 29