To encourage an interchange of professors and students between the institutions of these countries.
To encourage the study of Spanish and Portuguese in the schools and colleges of the United States.
To receive and entertain distinguished Hispanic visitors.
To arrange lectures by eminent Hispanists from abroad and by those of our own country.
To hold literary and musical veladas which will afford an opportunity for meeting and conversing with people of Spanish speech.
To organize an affiliation of Spanish Clubs in schools and colleges.
To establish a select circulating library of Spanish and Portuguese books and also a collection of slides illustrative of the life and art of the Hispanic nations.
To publish books, articles, etc., on subjects connected with the purposes of the Instituto.
To celebrate on the 23rd of April each year the “Fiesta de la Lengua Española,” and to award the medal of the Instituto for excellence in Spanish.