Dusty and footsore. Ulises Mejía trudged through the jungles and over mountains, straight across Honduras. At last he reached his goal, knocked on the door of the famed horticulturist, Dr. Wilson Popenoe, head of the School of Pan-American Agriculture at Zamorano. The school was not scheduled to open for two months, but Ulises had come to beg for admission. Last week Ulises, now a prize pupil, was receiving the best training in farming that Central America offers.
Costing $750,000 to set up and $150,000 a year to run, the Zamorano school is a princely gift from the great United Fruit...
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