To the Editor of the Crimson:

It must be a matter of some regret to many students that the University, this year in particular, is amazingly deficient in courses dealing with Latin American relations. It's pretty sad commentary to find the only course offered to undergraduates in any way connected with this now-vital subject is History 75a, course in Mexican history.

The need for a course in Latin American relations modelled on Professor Hopper's courses, Government 18 and Government 30, is apparent. The question is, of course, whether there are enough students who would be willing and able to take the course were it given in the second half-year. I suggest that those interested in drawing up a petition to the Department of Government meet tonight between 7 and 7:30 o'clock in Eliot O-41. Jack Bronston '42.

(Ed. Note: The question is, also, whether there is a member of the Government faculty who is prepared to give such a course, and whether--if there is--he is able to fit such a course into his schedule. If feasible, however, the idea is certainly a worthwhile one.)