THE ITALIANS O F CLEVELAND Seminary, plans to be ordained to the prie thood in June <strong>of</strong> this year : ianother, -Pasini, the present coach at a e chool <strong>of</strong> Applied Science, ;son <strong>of</strong> a medical doctor in the city, is an Italian, and Louis RameneUi 'was well into his cour e in that institution when he left with the Lake side unit for duty overseas. Many students in Adelbert College and ',Ve tern Re erve pr<strong>of</strong>essional schools come from Italian homes-George and William D'Errico in Adelbert, Dr. Victor Tanno, who has just completed his course in Reserve M dical, John Gattozzi at the Dental School, Dominic Lanese and Nicolas Farinacci in Reserve Medical, are typical products <strong>of</strong> the city's Italian settlements. <strong>The</strong>se, with the eight Italian undergraduate students enrolled in the <strong>Cleveland</strong> Law chool, make an academic line up which is an evidence <strong>of</strong> the Italian' thirst for knowledge and his appreciation <strong>of</strong> the opportunities for pr<strong>of</strong>essional training. <strong>The</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essions It i said that in New York alone there are more than 1500 lawyers and 500 physicians, the vast majority <strong>of</strong> whom have been educated in America, a splendid comment on the observation that the immigrants are the brawn and muscle and undeveloped brain <strong>of</strong> Italy, not the riffraff element. <strong>Cleveland</strong> has its full quota <strong>of</strong> Italian pr<strong>of</strong>essional men, nearly a score <strong>of</strong> doctors and dentists and a larger number in the fraternity <strong>of</strong> law. Moreover, many <strong>of</strong> these men are well known thrOlwhout the city and in no way confine their practice to their Italian clientelle. In the medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession one has only to mention the name <strong>of</strong> Dr. Nicola Cerri, for 20 year's Italy's consular representative in <strong>Cleveland</strong>,a graduate <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Rome, and in 1903 decorated by the Italian crown. One finds him approachable and philanthropic, a prodigious worker and delightfully genial representative <strong>of</strong> Italy in <strong>Cleveland</strong>. One medical practitioner from the Mayfield section is particularly . worthy <strong>of</strong> mention because <strong>of</strong> his progressiveness and public spirit, not to say his phenomenal uccess since he reached <strong>Cleveland</strong> in 1891- Dr. G. A. Barricelli, the pulmonary and cardiac specialist, who was for many years partner <strong>of</strong> the late Dr. G. Caru 0, whose scientfic writing he is posthumously publishing. Dr. Barricelli is a graduate <strong>of</strong> St. Franci College <strong>of</strong> New York and in medicine <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> IlIinoi . He has gracually won his way to wide recognition in the medical pr<strong>of</strong>ession, and is now giving much <strong>of</strong> his time to social welfare work among the <strong>Italians</strong> <strong>of</strong> the state. Among the many honors which have come to him since he began to practice in 1903, he has the unique distinction at present <strong>of</strong> being the Grand Commander <strong>of</strong> the Sons <strong>of</strong> Italy for the State. Nothing could be more tangible evidence <strong>of</strong> the continued confidence <strong>of</strong> his fellow countrymen. In the Woodland section a number are worthy <strong>of</strong> mention, among whom the following are typical : Dr. Romeo esi, a graduate <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Naples, a general practitioner who has been medical examiner for the draft board <strong>of</strong> the 14th district ; Dr. Alphanzo Carfagna, a graduate <strong>of</strong> Genoa University who has recently located at 28th Street and Woodland Avenue; and Dr. Giuseppe Romano, a graduate <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Palermo, who has been practicing successfully in the district since 1908. <strong>The</strong> latter has written a number <strong>of</strong> cientific articles 22
Dr. G. A. Barricelli