NEWARK, Del. Like the rest of the 1,200 visitors to the of Delaware’s Farm *and Home Field Day, Alfredo Bernal was anxious to learn about the University’s work in agriculture and home economics. He wanted to try a genuine Delaware meal of fried chicken, soybean salad and watermelon, and he wanted to hear from Delaware’s elected officials and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. But Bernal had special reasons for coming to field day all the way from his native Panama. The new deal of the agricultural college of the University of Panana, Bernal came to the University of Delaware as the guest of Title XU Coordinator Charles Curtis. The main purpose of his visit to Delaware was to work out the details of an educational exchange between the two institutions. But he planned his visit to coincide with field day, which gave him a built-in opportunity to tour the farm and discover the research and Extension activity going on jthere. 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It was Jose Cedeno, a graduate student from Bernal's university who is currently studying plant breeding at the University of Delaware under James Hawk. When he completes his master’s degree he will return to join the faculty of the University of Panama. Bemal and his family spent a week in Delaware, touring farms, meeting officials, and visiting points of interest as guests of the Curtis family. A highlight of their visit was a helicopter tour of the state. Bemal says he greatly enjoyed his visit to Delaware and is looking forward to further cooperation between the two universities. With Bernal’s enthusiastic support, the presidents of the two universities signed an agreement of cooperation the first such agreement the University of Panama has signed with any U.S. educational institution in over 20 years. INC. U’s field day ? ' Dean of Agriculture at the University of Panama Alfredo Bernal, right, enjoys Delaware watermelon at Farm and Home Field Day with University of Delaware Dean of Agricultural Sciences Donald Crossan, center, and Panamanian graduate student Jose Cedeno. 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