Evening star

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change acoustical characteristics in

side the building.

Like the U. N. Assembly building,

the Aula Magna will be wired for

the babel of sound that accompanies

any international meeting. Simul

taneous translators will render all

proceedings into the four official

languages of the conference: English

(for the United States), French

(for Haiti). Portuguese (for Brazil)

and Spanish (for the 17 other

republics that will attend).

Library for Offices

Adjacent to the auditorium stands

a 12-story library building that will

be used as office space for the dura

tion of the meeting. It bears to

the Aula Magna the same architec

tural relationship that the secre

tariat building bears to the assembly

building at the U. N., as well as the

same business relationship.

Just outside the big auditorium is

a spacious covered patio where dele

gates can stretch their legs between

sessions.

Except for a small area that has

been in pse for a short time as an

educational institution, the Univer

sity City is brand-new. It was dedi

cated early last December at special

ceremonies attended by Venezuelan

President Marcos Perez Jimenez.

The University City is more or

less symbolic of Caracas, a city with

probably the worst growing pains in

the world. More than 800,000 per

sons now jam the city—twice the

number that lived there a decade

ago.

The Venezuelan government, roll

ing in money from oil wells, has

been doing its best for a year and

a half to remake an old Colonial

capital into a modern American

metropolis. It has succeeded to an

amazing degree, but traces of old

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1954). Washington, D.C., 1954-02-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1954-02-21/ed-1/?sp=84

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1954-02-21.