The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-19
Prof Scatori Has Something to Say Regarding the
 Commercial and Cultural Value of Spanish Language
ny DOLLY DALRyMPLE

Born in New Orleans of Italian parentage, a graduate of the public schools of that city, honor man of his class, delivering the commencement ad- dresses on several different occasions. later a scholarship student at the well known Tulane university, where he received his A. B. degree last June, the winner of the Louis Bush medal for the best French essay, considered from it's literary value as well as it's origin ality, the title of which was @Gayarre; So Viety ct Ses Ocuvres," winner of the "Carnot" debate, president of the Cir culo Espanol" and member of the "Cercle Francais," Professor Stephen Scatori comes to the public schools of Birmin gham with a splendid record in spite of his immature years.
 Professor Scatori will teach the lan- guages and history, including political science, in the high schools.
 q have specialized in the Romance languages said Professor Scatori, as talked with him yesterday about his work and his accomplishments. By l the Romance languages mean French, Spanish and Italian. These are, to use
  Roman languages the Italian tongues. | in other words-in contradistinction to the Teutonics which includes English, | German. Dutch. Scandinavian and oth- CTS, both of which classes are branches of the two principal branches of the Tndo- European family of languages"
 Which tongue Is easier to master 9 asked, that of he Romance Ian guages or the Teutonic?"
 Tt all depends" said Professor Scatori T couldn't answer that ques- tion without reflection. To a person who has had Latin, the Romance lan- guages would be easier of mastery for obvious reasons, and person who has learned one of the Romance languages can easily learn the other two As a matter of fact the Romance languages are eight in number, but the three Spanish, French and Italian are the ones which are generally studied in the schools and colleges. Some phil ologists include eight but there is a difference of opinion, as some classify Provencal under the head of French
 Regarding the relative merits of the languag ges,' l asked will you diff ferentiate?"
 'The Spanish language" said Pro- fesscor Scatori, lis the most sonorous, and since that is the language that is engaging the attention of the world just at this hour, it is not inappropriate to give some thought to it. It is the stateliest of all languages, fitting in- stinct to people who love pomp and display. which all Spaniards do. Ger tain of their playwrights demonstrate this idea for instance take Calderon de la Barea; here you find whole pas sage of exclamatory verse which is ab- solutely fatiguing to the ordinary An glo-Saxon and which compels him to give up the task in disgust The Italian language is perhaps the most poetic; its literature and poetry at least Is un- approachable. Leopardis verses, for ex- ample, with their magnificent sublimi- tive, combine the perfect technique of form, with an exquisiteness of verse unknown since the days of Pindar Dante's Divina Commediae' is a com bination of the epic and allegory and Dante is one of Christianitys greatest poets. Petrarch's 'Sonnets have been and are still, models of that perfect form of literature. and Milton, Shake- speare, Keats and the rest are his debt ors in this respect"
 French, Prof. Scatori continued, ''is the diplomatic language, having a certain smoothness and sweetness that is unap- proachable. Some have said that it Is