Latin American Studies

To the Editors of the Crimson:

Regarding the article on Latin American Studies at Harvard, in your edition of March 3, I found more misleading implications that I have time to correct. But there is one confusion I do want to clarify. A student is quoted to the effect that the History Department does not offer enough courses on Latin America for him to choose it as his major area. If this is what he said, he is wrong. A student in History needs two and a half courses in an area to count it as his or her major. Between 1981 and 1985, when the student quoted expects to graduate, members of the Department will have offered at least three and a half courses on Latin America Maybe the student does not like the requirements of some of the courses, but none of the requirements is ideological. John Womack, Jr.