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In your always interesting publication, issue of Dec. 3, 1928, page 19, column 3, Peru, aren't you in error when you state "the first Capital city founded by Europeans in any of the Americas was Lima?" Santo Domingo City, now the Capital of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) was founded August 4, 1496 by Bartholomew, brother of Christopher Columbus, and is therefore, necessarily, the first permanent European settlement in the New World (incidentally it is and always has been a Capital—official residence of Spain's first Viceroy in the Americas). Francisco Pizarro was a young soldier of fortune among the early Spanish conquistadores, a contemporary of and under Columbus, who went out from Santo Domingo on his history making conquest of the Incas. WM. E. PULLIAM
General Receiver of Dominican Customs, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
College Humor
Sirs:
Well! That was quite a blast that you had in the Dec. 17 issue of TIME under the heading of "Education." The instigators of this must have thought quite well of themselves in being able to spread misstatements and false impressions.
We [College Humor, monthly magazine] take particular exception to the attack made on the promotion book we published this year called "An Approach to the College Market." It has helped and is helping to bring advertisers into the college publications as well as our own. . . . Nowhere in the book—will you find COLLEGE HUMOR'S advertising rates published. Therefore when it is stated by anyone, as you have in your column, that by "tacit inference an advertiser can cover substantially the same field for a less amount," it becomes apparent that someone is trying to start something. . . . Relative to the convention held at Minneapolis we have heard from seven of the members who have said they wanted our friendly relationship to continue. One of the members states it thusly: "We have not, do not, and will not support any action against COLLEGE HUMOR as passed by the convention of the MidWest Association. We have never had any but pleasant relations with COLLEGE HUMOR; we feel that you render us valuable service in opening up the college field to national advertisers; your pay checks for material used are a welcome addition to our income, and we appreciate the publicity which our magazine receives through COLLEGE HUMOR. We are ready to resign from the MidWest Association rather than support its action against COLLEGE HUMOR, which we consider absolutely unwarranted." There are over one hundred college comics in the country and with the exception of less than ten per cent, we are enjoying close contact with all of them. . . . J. M. LANSINGER
Publisher
COLLEGE HUMOR Chicago, Ill.
Meaning of Realtor
Sirs:
... In the Dec. 24, issue of the TIME on page 14 under the heading "China" reference is made to "Realtors" in that country. These statements would indicate that the writer is not fully cognizant of the true and strict meaning of the term "Realtor." We are glad to call this meaning to your attention because the term is a tradename and it is of vital importance to us that the public at no time attach to the term some other meaning than it has as such tradename.