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Dr. James J. Walsh, medical director of the Fordham Uni- versity School of Sociology, and professor of physiological psychology at Cathedral Colle- ge, in his talk on "What Civili- zation Owes to Italy", said: I am one of those who, tho- ugh not an Italian myself and not even distantly related to the Italians, am quite convinced that when you get through col- lecting the debt that civilizati- on owes to Italy there is so lit- tle left to owe to other people that it is scarcely worth while talking about. Of course I have some idea of how mueh we owe to the Hebrews for whatever lives and moves in the spiritual order is Hebrew in origin, an/i) whatever lives and moves in the intellectual order is Greek in origin, but when it comes to modern thought and modern art and all the things that ma- ke life really worth while in the modern time, then Italy has be. en the great foster mother of what is best in modern achieve- ment. I can readily understand and sympathize with Thomas Linacre, the great physician who organized the Royal Soci- ety of Physicians in London, who after having studied for some years in Italy and feeling how mueh he owed to her, erec- ted a little altar on the top of the last Alp from whieh Italy could be seen and made burnt offerings in her honor to that alma mater studiorum, that loved mother of studies, Italy. So far from being the only one who ever felt like doing that, surely there have been many thousands of foreigners who on their way back from Italy felt that they were parting with a very dear mother indeed who had given them the life of the spirit in very much the same way as their mother in the flesh had given them the life of the body. They used to say in those old days that besides his native country, every scho- lar had a second mother coun- try, and that was Italy. On May 26th at the Julia Richman School of New York City, the Italian Teachers As- sociation had its annual Circolo Day. A very interesting and ve- ry stimulating program was enjoyed by a large audience of Italian students of the high schools and colleges. EXECUTIVE OF TIIE CLUB Past Pres. Gid De Spirt President Joe Piccininni Vice-Pres. Rocco Polito Secretary Jas. Simone Asst. Secretary Fred Catena Treasurer John Longo I am always reminded as Ilin an hour or so ot the Metro-' begin a talk on Italy and what polltan Museum ever go to see) Italians accomplished of what it. Almost needless to say, un- happened in the hill country. der those Circumstances it can Centuries ago yet over and over mean very little for producing again in such a way as to make an aesthetic sense in the visi- this little area one of the gre- tors who do not come. atest of human interests. Some I suggested that we should seven centuries before Christ import some shiploads of soil when the Etruscan whose him from the hill country and guage still holds some mystery grow some men on it in the ho- for us were doing their work up pe that thus we might secure in the hill country they fortu- something of that artistic geni- nately left behind them very us in the few but above all. the significant evidences of their artistic taste in the many that culture in the form of objects is to be found so characteristi- that the course of time and its cally and almost universally vicissitudes could not obliterate. displayed. I am afraid they did In the Etruscan tombs have not take me very seriously but been found wonderful speci- there is a serious side to what mens of work in gold, one set I had to say on that subject, the very practical achievement and I am always reminded of dentistry, and the other the when I try to tell it of what making of the most beautiful Horace said, Horace who was jewelry that probably has ever born two thousand years ago it been made. It seems quite in- will be next year, ridentem di- credible that the Etruscans did cere vera quid vetat, "What bridge work in gold and capped {prohibits a man from telling teeth and anticipated many of our modern dental improve- ments, so much so that there was a law forbidding the burr ing of gold with a corpse except such gold as was fastened to the teeth. They were protect- ing their gold reserve and were maintaining the gold standard, as it were. When I say their jewelry was so beautiful, you do not have to accept my word for it, because you can see the specimens in a number of muse- ums in Italy. Of course we ha- ve no jewelry,what we have are precious stones. They give a ll BOLLETTIIVU r1'ALO-CANADESE What Civilization Owes To Italy That was about seven centu- ries before Christ, and about the time of Christ the Romans built in the hill country a seri- es of small but very beautiful temples. There is one of them in the market place of Assisi, and when Goethe stopped off at Assisi on his way back to Ger- many he did not visit San Fran- cesco, the great church built in the honor of St. Francis, which Taine declared to be the most wonderful monument ever erec- ted to a man, he wanted to see the facade of the temple of Mi- nerva in the market place which had been preserved and made over into the Church of St. Mary. certain childlike satisfaction to immature minds because of the glint of their 'reflections and the tints of their colors. Our jewelry is worn mainly because it is so expensive and because it exhibits the fact that so much money can lie idle on particular people. It is not a thing of bea- uty and a joy forever, and is not meant to produce pleasure in the eye of the beholder, but to produce envy. Some thirteen centuries after Christ, Giotto and Cimabue and Duccio and some of the other painters of that precious time, decorated the great church of San Francesco so that it has been a mecca for painters ever since. And then some three centuri- es later young Raphael was working in Perugino's studio at Perugia less than a dozen miles away and doing some beauti ful work. Perugino himself is one of the great painters of the world, but his pupil was desti-l ned far to outstrip him and to paint pictures that have an en- during influence so long as this stage of our civilization lasts. These are the products of the hill country. Once I was pre- sent at a dinner where a num, ber of wealthy men were in at. tendance, almost needless to say it was before 1929, and the sub, ject under discussion was how could we create a feeling for art and a sense of beauty in the 'minds of our people. Of course there were a number of muse- ums, but what was the use of the museums if people would not go to them? After all I beli- eve that only about one in ten of the population who live with- in an hour or so of the Metro- politan Museum ever go to see it. Almost needless to say, un- der those circumstances it can mean very little for producing an aesthetic sense in the visi- tors who do not come. the truth with a laugh?" How many other things as expressi- ve as that in his boiled down wisdom did not this Italian of the olden time chronicle for the ages? How much more shall I say, for that would seem to be a good place to end? Shall I sug- gest that there are three men, Raphael, Leonardo and Michel- angelo who are among the gre- atest geniuses the world has ever known, painters all of them, and sculptors too, though we have little about Raphael's lmodelling, but Leonardo once ___, ra R LLBCL _l)"il,iliii _----------.- CO _ , I I'MW beat Michelangelo in a contest in sculpture, and Michelangelo himself was the greatest sculp- tor since the time of the Greeks, and then Raphael was a great architect in charge of the building pf St. Peter's for a time, and Michelangelo was one of the greatest architects that ever lived, and Leonardo one of the greatest inventors and engineers, one of these men who can do anything even with the most inadequate means. Michelangelo built St. Peter's with only a mule and an inclined plane and no machinery of any kind, and yet there it is, four hundred years later, still stand- ing, a glorious monument of his capacity to accomplish any- thing that he set himself toplo. I do not think that I need to tell you anything about the Italians but it has been a great pleasure to go nosing back over some of the old historical facts and above all the lives of great men in order to revive the me- movies of what the Italians ha- ve done. It is wonderful what they have accomplished since the war under the most trying circumstances, and they seem to be coming out of the debacle that resulted from the war bet- ter than any other nation. If things go on even for a few ye- ars more as they have been, d great many of the Italian problems of the long ago will be solved. More and more Ita.. ly is coming out from under her dependence on other countries for foodstuffs with which to feed her people and various parts of the country are being made to have a solidarity such as they have never enjoyed be- fore. The draining of the marshes, the banishing of ma- laria over a whole large coun- try, as we did it over the little territory of Panama, is of it- self one of these triumphs of m o d e r n accomplishment that deserves to be mentioned. It is not perhaps as distinguished a work as painting a Madonna when you are less than thirty that sells four hundred years later for- nearly a million of dollars, but it represents a work that will add to the hap- piness and comfort of mankind and make life so free from its troubles that artistic accom- plishment can be looked for once more, Here's hoping that that consummation devoutly to be wished may be accomplished through the rinascimento, that newer renaissance among the Italians which has come in re- cent years and which promises to do so much to give baek tot the Italians that primacy in ar- tistic accomplishment which has been theirs for over two thousand years and which left such precious monuments to fu.. ture generations. Editor "il Bollettino" Toronto. Oil Painting of Carboni Dear Sir: I notice an item in your pa- per stating that a Committee was being formed to solicit sub- scriptions for an oil painting of my late husband. This is the first intimation I have, as I have given no one authority to form a Committee. I understand that Miss Mar- garet Ruppel has been solicit- ing subscriptions without any authority or without consulting I would consent to become a member of such a Committee but would not act on the Com- mittee if Miss Margaret Ruppel had anything to do with it. I thihk, under the circum- stances, you should publish this information in your paper. Yours very truly, Berthe Carboni BOLLETTINt) George F. Sansone, R.0., Editor June 30, 1934 DEL Chi veramente vuole passare una mezza giornata in campa- gna deve andare domenica, 8 lu, glio, al picnic dei Friulani. La localité é quella dell'anno scor- so; Mount Dennis. Posto ma- gnifico ed incantevole, vicino alla eitU. Vi saranno i busses della T. T. C. che faranno servi- zio di traspoirto dall'angolo di St. Clair W. e Weston Rd. II programma é variatissimo: Gorge podistiche, corse nel sac- co, giuoco di football, tiro alla fune, cuccagna, ballo e concerti. Vi sard pure l'estrazione dei numeri di una lotteria consi- stente in tre ricchi prpmi, Uno speciale servizio di buf- fet con bibite assortite sard al- la portata di tutti. Ecco il programma: Corse podistiche, dalle 3.30 alla 5 porn. Maschi dai 7 ai 10 anni, 1.0 premio $1.00; 2.0 premio 65c. Femmine dai 7 ai 10 anni, 1.0 premio $1.00; 2.0 premio 65e. Maschi dagli 11 ai 14 anni, Lo premio $1.50: 2.0 premio $1. V Femmine dagli 11 ai 14 anni, 1.0 premio $1.50; 2.0 premio $1. Corse nel sacco: maschi dai 15 ai 20 anni, Lo premio $2.00; 2.0 premio $1.00. ll Picnic Della Famiglia Friulana Dalle ore 5 alle ore 6 p. m., patlita del Friuli Football Club BALLO con orchestra di prime ordi- ne, su speciale comoda piattaforma. ROTTURA DELLE PIGNATE con dentro premi di valore e aperta a persone di tutte 1e et2 e di ambo i sessi. VOLO DI AER0PLAN0--- La signo- ra Belfanti, dell'Angelo Restau- rant, volerh con aeroplane sul re- Bihite-PaninMlelatr-Tavole Per Mangiare-Molta Ombra-hcqua Fresca TCFS Entrata Libera A Tutti "CE', i Attrazioni Speciali F esta Campestre Centenario Di Toronto LAMBTON PARK DOMENICA, IS LUGLIO 1934 PBOGRAMMA Associazione Combattenti Italiani Corsa Corsa Corsa Corsa Corsa Corsa Corsa per i ragazzi ., Corsa per le ragazze . Corsa per i ragazzi ., Corsa per le ragazze I Corsa aperta . . . . . . . Corsa aperta . . . . . . . Corsa dell'ago . . . . . Corsa'delle uova sode Corsa del bicchiere . Corsa delle tre gambe Corse indietro . . . . . Giuoco del chiodo ... Corsa nel sacco . . . .. Corsa della carriola . Fascia "Principe Umberto" Per tutti l vincitori ci contro una squadra inglese. Alle ore 7 p. m., tirfdella fu- ne tra 1e squadre della "Fratel- lanza" e la Canada Packers. _ Alla orre 8 p. m. inizio dell'- albero della cuccagna. Alle ore 9 p. rh., 'estrazione della lotteria. Dopo di ché continueré. il bal- lo e concerti. Il campo sark illuminate fan.. tasticamente alla Veneziana. L'ammlssione é libera a tutti, e gli Italiani sono cordialmente benvenuti. Fanno parte del Comitato: A. Tambosso, Chairman; A. De Zorzi, Vice Chairman; C. Torto- lo, Seg.; L. Mezzavilla, Tes.; O. Vatri; A. Gambin; C. Cristofo- li; G. Pittau; A. Toso; A. Mel- chior; A. Ridolfi; F. D'Alvise; E. De Monte; A. Del Degan; L. De Zorzi; A. Vanini; G. Malisa- ni; P. Flabiano; V. Tam; S. Piceini; A. Selva; B. Bratti; L. Piccoli; E. Quargnolo; A. Hr. loppi; F. Di Valentin; G. Del COL; G. Gasparini; G. Candide: G. Romanin. Grande Venerabile Dott. Vit.. torio Sabbetta; residente ad Ottawa. Grande Assistente Venerabi- le, Rev. Libero Sauro, Toronto; Grande Oratore, sig. Tomma- so Mari, Toronto; Grande Segrekario Archivi- Nuovi l.Jfficiali dell'.. Ordine Figli d'Italia cinto della testa facendo cadere migliaia di manifestini tricolori. Fra questi manifestini ce ne saré 1mo che porta scritto di traverse, a caratteri grossi, 1e parole: "FA.. SCIO e COMBATTENTI". Chi trova questo manifestino e lo porta al Comitato o alla sede del Fascio, 12 Elm St., non piu' tardi delle 6 p. m. di Iunedi, 16 luglio, avré i1 premio speciale offerto dal Reg.. gente il Vice Consolato di Toronto, Signor Giuseppe Sabirio. sotto gli auspici del per la celebrazione del ECCEZIONALE .(per uomini e donned l saranno attraenti premi. (per uomini al disotto degli 8 anni al disotto degli 8 anni al disotto dei 15 anni al disotto dei 15 anni ..per tutti gli uomini . . . .per tutte le donne nini e donne a coppie) . . . . . (per donne sole) . ' . . . (per donne sole) . . . . (per uomini soli) . . . . . (per uomini soli) . . . . . (per donne sole) . . . . . (per uomini soli) mini e donne a coppie) Premiere il carro di Dundas verso West fino alla fine. Poi 5 minuti di cammino o premier il bus che porta fino al Parco. Supremo Delegato, sig. Nico- la Masi, Hamilton. Lo stesso va di diritto a far parte del Grande Concilio in qualité di Ex Grande Venerabi- le' e her i suoi oho anni di Gran.. Hde Venerabile, per essere stato 4 volte Supremo Delegate e per tutto il lavoro fatto a pro' del- l'Ordine, del quale si pu6 dire fu la colonna vertebrale, venn nominato Grande Venerabile O norario a Vita, con diritto a se- dere nel Grande Concilio. Manager Joe Grittani Chairman H. C. W. A. Sansone Councillors: M. Tassiello, Ir., Pellettieri, Sal. Cira, N. F. A.' Scandiffio. Father Auad Club Chaplain. sta, sig. Marco Missori, Toron- to; V Grande Segretprjo di Finan- Za, sig. Aurelio Del Piero, Ha.. milton; Grande Tesoriero, sig. Luigi Gabrielli, Niagara Falls; Primo Curators, sig/ Luigi Palumbo, Sault Ste. Marie; Secondo Curatore, signord E... lqonora Ferroni, Sault Ste. Ma- rle; Terzo Curatore, sig. Vincenzo Bilptti, Niagara Falls; QuaNo Curators, sig. Adamo D'Nrpstino,, Niagara Falls ; Giinto Curafore, sig, sandro Del Turbine, St. rines; Tutti gli ufficiali sono statil elejti per acclamazione. La forossuma Grande Convert, zione avr2 luogo a Windsor Ont. Arguzia popolare Era d'estate, e per la via pas- s6 un grassone, che grond sudore. Disse un monello. Guarda auell'uomo: cuoce nel suo brodo! EXECUTIVE OF THE CLUB GIUOCATTOLI-- A tutti i bambini che intervengono alla festa saram. no distribuiti gratuitamente dei giuocattoli. " ESTRAZIONE DI PREMr-- Fra tutti i possessori di speciali bigliet- ti verranno sorteggiati dei premi di valore fino a $50.00. Ci 30110 14 premi, fra i quali abiti, scarpe, ca.. lamai artistici, eee. RADIO-- Su tutto lo spazio risuo- neranno note musicali della miglio- re musica trasmessa col radio. 6 Luglio 1934 St. Catha- '. Ales-