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41 Before going to the Institute in the afternoon, Otoya met me at Parque Centenario and gave me moral support while I photographed "La Rebeca", a white marble draped nude of considerable beauty. Since my epperience in Pacho and Zipaquira, I was uneasy about flourishing a camera without a specific permit. All was quite calm and peaceful and I was not even stared at. Murillo is getting us a full permit to cover all matters pertaining to our trip to Medellin and we should have that by tomorrow. The one valid criticism of the statue is that the hands and feet are too large. The Gomez sisters say this is the result of using a campesina for a model. We went on to the Institute and I worked until 4, then leaving to meet Clara for a call on Dr Hernandez de Alba at his home, Carrera 15, N[[underlined]] o [[/underlined]] 44-34. Both he and his wife were easy to listen to. [[image - black and white photograph of the statue La Rebeca, with water and plants. With caption]] La Rebeca He had to go to a class, so we said our goodbye very promptly, but they insisted in showing us his upstairs study. They gave us the two volumes already published of his history of the Colegio del Rosario, showed us a manuscript signed by Mutis, other old books, an autograph of Bolivar, a piece of handkerchief used to stuff his boot, a piece of the San Carlos window frame. El Doctor drove to his class at the Colegio de la Merced, taking us along. La senora will take Clara to visit classes at La Merced tomorrow. Feb. 27. I worked at the Institute all day. Murillo went to the Ministry in the morning to get our letter from the Minister. In the morning Clara went to the book shops to look for books for Ben, then came back to the apartment to wait to be called for at eleven by Senora de Hernandez de Alba. The Colegio de la Merced was founded in 1832; land had been given in the 1820's, for a school for orphan girls planned in the 18th century. The present building was only
