The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-14
ROMANO CHAIR ENDOWED
MEANT FOR TINE ONE ROWAN
CHILD To SIT IN ar MEDFORD.
The LOag IslSRd Railroad Threaiealng tho
Heart 90 aufISlk County Win Latin
Culture and Causing C0afusisss IN
the LOcal intellectual Headquarters.

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Heart 90 suHSlk County win Latin
culture and Causing Coafusis= IN
the LOcaI intellectual Headquarters.
MEDPoED. L. T.. March IS-To-day
being Sunday IL 10 possible for the first
time to give a dispassionAte summing up
Of the bitter controversy raging in AGA
demic circles here No event In the last
two days has excited 40 much had feeling
in this town ~ the refusal Of the Medford
school trustees TO establish a course in
Romance languages. A. a result OF this
attitude on the part Of the school board
the school has lost a gift Of SIS 70. offered
by Arturo Calzolio. a wealthy alunnus.
who lives in CorAm. l.. !.
Mr.. Calzolio. who 10 OF Italian parent
age offer'-d the SIS 20 to the school with
the understanding that the whole sum
should he used to endOw a chair 81 Ro-
nance languages. II was his idea that
such chair should he placed IN the front
row in the main schoolronm and should
be reserved for the pupil of Italian deriva-
ton. The M"hTori school has for IN"
last thirty-nine years had from eight to
ten pupils and among the SUDDEN, body
always one child Of Italian ancestry. or.
tn bs more explicit, one child 81 school
age whose ancestors were temporarily
employed on this ssctiOo Of the Long
Island Railroad. Such a child through
no fault Of his own has invariably been
forced TO the hack row. As our school
teacher is nearai GIFTED this has proved \
serious hindrance to the pupil az all times.
Il Was to remedy this condition that
Arturo Calzolio sought to establish q
new chair.
Il would seem on the face 81 IL that
there could be no digestion 10 Mr. Cal
1olio's gift or the purpose for which u
was 70 tie used. A a matter OF fact
there Is no objection on the part OF the
school trustees OF any one else Ia the
gift which would come in mighty handy.
The whole trouble arose from q misun-
Outstanding on the part Of ~ Cornelium.
Mr. Cornelium. who keeps the gen eral
store and post Office IN ex officio presi-
dent Of the sCiNDol board. lie II an
alumnus OF the school and though there
IA a mort gage on his two story frame
residence. he has more resources tnan
Mr.. Cal1olio.
Mr. Cornelium understood that the
gift OF SIS 20 was for the purchase 81 q
new chair and was much IN favor 81 II
until he heard about the Romance Ian
g,ag~s. Then he said he would be
hornswoRRied II he stood for the pupils
OF thIs school district reading romsn"es
and learning romance language. Where
upon Uncle Oak Mayhee induced the
school teacher 20 relate how she caught
Mr. COrne.Ium son reading the collected
works Of Nicholas Garter
Mr. COrne.um then publicly spanked
l. k.HF
The youth - nov at work IN mis- father .
store.
. 4 meeting oI the school hoard was
o. led and s.F. Calzolio sent a letter eN-
planning tn" nature Of hs gift. Mr..
COrnelium In his haste Sald that all men
were liars 4 personal encounter was
averted only by the fact that Mr.. Cali
nolio was not pr~seRt. some one started
q rumor that the romance language Vas
Italian and as our teacher cannot speak
IN Italics she has offered her resignation
and applied for a Carnegie old age pm
sion. Her resignation has not been
acc~pted. There IL no precedent here
for a teachers resigning her job.
The Decentralization Of the student body
j. complete. Nothing ~ talksd Of bat
IN" proposed rev chair and threats have
been op.nly made 10y the bigger boys
that Il the chair 10 established they will
occupy u themselves.
Al Mrs. Cornelium's swing circle the
the only sowing done was hastsing Mrs.
Oak Maybs.~ who's" husband favOrs the
chair was not invited.
The situation 10 complicated by the
act .on 81 old man Hedges. who - a school
trustee and who commenced last night
to lssua a statement d. itninR ms position
Owing To- his natural impairment ~
sp-"ch both sides despair 81 finding out
wh.r" he stands IN tn. matter n" has
gon" - far as to say faCetiOusly that N
ought 80 b. rocking char HIS state
msut will probably 10 completed to-
morrow
4 reporter for the Moriches Dddy
Ddcfd secured the only statement 50 far
given out 10y Mr. Calzolio. In which rho
offended alumnts says that tho chair
would have arms A. well az legs
Uncle Oak Maybe - IN" holder Of the
mortgage on ~ Corneiium's residence.
He has threatened 70 foreclose u II Mr.
Cornelium does not receds from his posi-
ton And yet there are persons Who
say that the question ~ one u only aCa-
demiC interest.