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THE ITAI-IANS IN THtr UNITED STATES 285The Ita11. Anrerica Societl' u'ill orgarrize.foi 1o.ll-31. lraliarr "('orrversazioni"for thc,se among the menrbersu'l-ro speak Italian and rvho lvculd liketo hear an Italian lecture and practicethe Italian language. The lectures rvillbe held every Tucsday afternoon atthe honres of nenrbcrs.These "Conversazioni," u,hich rvillinaugurate the actilities of the Italv-\rrrerica Sociqr). tlill be started lr.v alecture by Conrrn. E.nranuele Grazzi,Ro1'a1 Italian Colrsul General in Nerr-York, on Tuesdal', November thircl.Trventy-nine other lectures u'il1 follorv.Aniong the speakers rvill be:Professor Angelo Lipari, professor ofItalian at Yale Universit)', i\4r. Ut,o..N{arroni, rvell-knolvn Italian jourr-ralist,l\{r. Cesare Sturarri, r.ho rvill also organizcItalian musicales, N{r. Beniaminocle Ritis, etc. Several ladies .n'il1 alsocontribute to this course, amoug them,-\Ir.. \'incqnzo Bcllezza, Iliss Arrrrirlaj-isciotta. Mrs. ('arla Druno Avcrardi.A special profJranl rvas arranged forthe rnontl-rly n'reeting of the Italian'leachers' Association at the Casa Italianahelcl on J'une 6th, r,vhicl-r was alsothe antrual "Circolo Da1"'.Columbia Universitl- has announceclthe follor,r'ing appoirrtnretrts to the NervYork Irost-Graduate Nledical Sc1-roo1:Salvatore di Palrrra. assistarrt professoroi gynecologl-; Charles J. Imperatori,professor oi larl-ng6l6gy; l{ichaelL)strato, professor of ncurology;-\mando Fcrraro, as5istat)t professor oIneurology; Adolph G. De Sanctis, professorof pediatrics; and Herbert \,I.Bergarnini. assistant clinical professorof traurr.ratic surgerrr.The last offering oi the season of theleatro D'Arte at the Little Theatrelast month rvas a three-act con-redv br.Dario -\iccoderrri "L'.\lba. il Ciorri", laNotte" (The Dar,r,u, the Da-v, theNight), preceded bl' a one-act comecl-r'by Felice Cavallotti, "11 cantico deicantici" (The Song of Songs). tr{r.Giuseppe Sterni, clirector of the TeatroD'Arte. also had the leading role. 'Ihisplay closed the second season of thene$' r.eLrture, 'n'hich has prescnted adozen plays since its inception on Oct.26, f%0, ar.rd *,hich, thanks to I1r.Sterni's efiorts. is on the way torvardbecoming a perntanent Italian Theatrein l-erv York Cit1,.More than 700 outstandir.rg Italiansof Nerv York gatl'rered at the HotelBiltrnore last morrth for a banquet inhoror of Comm. Gaetano Cletrtente,1he successful Ne* York builder.-\mong the speaker-s u'ere Judge J" J.Freschi. Comm. Enranuele Grazzi. ItalirrrCorr-ul Cerreral, Monsigrror CiuseppeCafuzzi, Father Pettini. Supren-reCourt Justice Salvatore Cotil1o" EdrvardCorsi. Generoso Pope and OnorioRuotolo. llhe committee in chargeoi the altair was co,mposed of FredCincotti. chairman, .\. Ilelcaldi, .\.Sors.. R. Paolslla, arrrl L. \-. Fucci.Captain t-g', \' d'Annrrnzio. presittentof Isotta-Frashchini tr4otors, Inc.,and son of the Italian poet, has beenelected president of tl-re Dayton Airplar,eEngine Company.A reception aboard the "ConteGrande" of the Llo1.'d Sabaud.o line washeld last month by tile Italian WelfareI-cague of \erv York, u,hose presidentis \,Irs. Licnello Perera. The receiptsof this and other affairs of the Leagueare used to further its rvelfare r,orkanong the ltalians oi Nelv York.The Elks Club in Brookh'n rvas tl-rescene lxst nrorrth of a barrquet helrlhonor of Nicoia jDSelr.aggi, AssistantDistrict Attornel', and Pietro Brancatoand Giuseppe Ruggieri, Deputy AttorneyGenerals. \{ichael Laura, I)eputyConmissioner of Sanitation, acted astoastmaster.Mr. Filippo Spinelli has been rnadea Chevalier of tl-re Crol'n of ltaly.Judge John J. lireschi, appointed notlong ago to the General Sessions courtbJ' Governor Roosevelt, rlras recentlvtlre recil'iert oI a ro.erlood pla,lue corilajrling the coat of arrns oI' the AlphaPhi Delta Fraternitl. in the Bronxfrorn a comnrittee of his fellot'-rnernbet'sin the fy21grr.i1t.Joseph Depinto of Brooklyn \\ias therecipient recently of one of the tlr'o\r-ail nLeclals alr.arded annually bj. theNeq' York Telepl-roue Companl. 16 i1scmp1o1-ees of the Beli system w;ho perllnlacts conspicuousll- illustratingicleals of public -service.The annuai exhibition oi the Leor-rarcloDa \rinci Art School, recentivheld in the school building at 288 E.1Oth St., shor.r-s u.hat can be accolnplishedrvl'ren public-spirited instructorsrvith vision cloperate r,ith ambitiousand rvilling students. A contnrittee offinanciers, irrdustrialists, artists andlabor rrniorr reprc:er)tati\.e. has beerrformed, and it is confidentll' lookingforrvard to strong support from thipublic. Atlantica is prorrcl of being includedamong the supporters of theSchool, and giadll' offers it all the cooperationit can.The Italian Class of tl.re Greenrvicl-rHouse recentlv presented the three-actPlaS' "ac161o Giovinezza" in Italian atthe Greenr,vicl'r tlouse Auditoriun-r. underthe patrorage of a disrirrguishcrlgroup of New York Itaiials.Dr. Paolo de Vecchi, dean of Italianphysicians in America, clied in NelvYork Cit1. la*st mot-rtl'r. A scholar.l,hilauthropist. \^ri1er aud surgcon, hervas the arrthor of "\Iodern Italian Surgery,""A Discourse on Divorce," and"Hou' Itall' \\,'on the War"; a Comnranderof the Ordcr of St. \,Iauriceand St" Lazarus. a Cavaliere of theCrown of Italy: and, rvhile in Sanl-rancisco, tbe correspondent for ser--eratr Italian pr.rblications, as well as editoroi "The Lancet," a medical publicatior-r.Born in Quattordio, near Turin, Dr.Ite Vecchi studied at the Universitv ofTurin. then tought ruith Garibaleli antllater in the Franco-Prussian War, u,inningdecorations from both the Frenchand Italian Governments. He rvascourt physician to H. R. H. PrinceAmedeo of Savol' before he came, in1880, to the Unitecl States. He settleclin San Francisco ancl was naturalizedin 1887" He practiced in that city for25 -vears belore retiring in 1905. InCalifornia he organized many charitiesfor his fello'w' countrymen, and in 1910he came to New York City, u'-here hehad lived since. He was a menber ofa great number of societies, medical,Italian, social, etc.Said the Ner.v York Times editoriallvupon the death, at 84, of this distin'-guished -"on of ItalJ-; "He is an illustration,tl'rough an exceptionally brilliantone, of the u'ealth of ski1l andlearning ancl personal distinction andcharm lvhich other countries preparefor us and coritribute to our developnrent.^{.s a scholar, philanthropist andsurgeorl, he lvould doubtless have beenaccorded first place alnong livingAnrericans of Italian birth. Yet mucl-rof the good that he dicl l'as done underthe cloak of anor.rynitl'. San Franciscoand Nelv York shoulcl give specialthar-rks to Turin for tvhat he brought tothenr."Dr. Charles V. l-aterno has beenelected president of the West Side Texpayers'League. r,l.rich represents propertyamountir.rg to 500 nillion dollars.The Iirstitute of International Educatior-irecently aruounced scholarshipsf or Francis M. De Gaetani of Ner,vYork Cit-v, for stucil, in Spanish at Madridland for X,liss E,lsa Perera of Neu'York juuior year study in lirance.The Col.lcge of PharnacS of Colun-rbiaUrriversitl. recentll' au.arded theLillian Leiterrnan prize to lliss GraceL" Cassera, and the Lehrr & Fink prizeto Natale Cecere. Of the thirteenhonor students selectcd, six rvere Italian:J. Jacaruso, N. Cecere, A. Barile,A. Tortora, T. \,Iancini ancl J. Sacco.The United Italian Social ServiceFourrdalior. a r,r clfare orgarrizatiol 1ohelp the Italian-American needy ofBrook11n, has been formed. Plans fora carnpaign to raise {unds have beenformulated, and the follou'ing oflicerselected: Justice Nathan Sr,veecl1er, honorarypres.; John Savarese, JosephD'Andrea, Charles Fasullo, tr{rs. RoseCanbino, 1\4iss Marie Frugone, vicepresidents;\rincent Rollo, sec.; and-\iclrolas H. Pirrt,'. treas.NEW YORK STATEThe 53rd anuual convention of trhe)ier,l' York State Pharmaceutical Associationis to be held June 15-19 atRichfield Springs. trfr. Nicholas S.Gesoalde of Neu. York City is itspresident. One of the features of theconvention u'iIl be an Italian nightand dance to be held on June 18th"State Serator Cosno Cilano ofRochester is one of the 11 membersof the State Unemployment Commission,in the capacity of vice-,president.llr. Cilano, '"vho is also a member ofthe Commissio'n on Prison Reform, isslated to be appointecl chairman of theSenate Codes Com,mittee.P. Fra:rcis Passarella of Astoria, L.I., is one of the fe\\' Italians to havetbeen grad,uated recently !f rom theUnited States Ililitary Academy atWest Point.Anthony Turiano of Rochester wasone of the winners in a voice contestrecently 1-reld under trhe aus,pices of theAmerican Academy of Teachers otSinging. He took second prize atnongthe tenors.Dr. Giovanni Faiella of Yonkers. anrember of the Medical Board of St.Joseph's Hospital and of the 1\{edical