Four juniors have been chosen by the Committee on Latin American Studies to receive fellowships amounting to more than $1000 each for independent study in South American this summer.

The four are John F. Daum, David Moore, Robert L. Goldberg, and Richard Weisskoff. William S. Barnes, director of the Office of Latin American Studies, said the students will spend the summer doing field work in specific areas related to the subject of their senior theses.

The winners are the second group of students to receive the awards, made possible through the gift of Robert Gordon and the Kidder Peabody Foundation. Last year, five fellowship holders did work on topics ranging from the social problems of migratory Indians in Ecuador and Peru to contemporary Argentine literature.

This year's winners will be working on a variety of topics in four different countries. Daum plans to study the contemporary role of the Church in social development in Paraguay, while Weisskoff will investigate problems of transportation in Colombia. Moore will deal with economic problems in Chile, and Goldberg plans to work on labor and railroad problems in Argentina. Each of the students is expected to keep a journal of his experiences, to be of help to future Harvard investigators in the field.

Barnes emphasized that the fellowships, which he hopes will be continued in the future, are open to students in all fields with a high over-all academic standing. He encouraged sophomores interested in the program for next year to apply for information at the Office of Latin American Studies.