Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-14
SPANISH SAVANT.
A FORME R LOCAL
MAN, IS HONORED
AureIio M. ESpinosa of STAN
ford University, Is Made
Member of Spanish Acad-
envy, Family Learns.

| Aurelio M. Fspinosa, son of Gel
so Espinosa of this city and mem
Der of family which is distin-
guished in it's connection with edu-
cational institutions, has just re-
turned from a seven months trip
to Spain, where he was houored by
the comforting of two orders hav-
ing been made a corresponding
member of the Royal Academy of
the Spanish language, and n Chew
ailer of the OrdN of san Benito.
Mr.. Espinosa Is professor in
the department of Romantic lam
guages of Stanford university,
Calh., and is eminent as an au-
thority on the teaching of Spanish.
He has written a number of text
books on this subject, and is en-
gagged upon the publication of three
more for American schools. The
first of these will be a primer of
Spanish Pronunciation, another a
Spanish primer, and the last an In
PRODUCTION to Spanish Literature,
in which Professor Espinosa will
collaborate with the Spanish sa-
want, America Castro, of Madrid.
Professor Espinosa went to-
Spain to gather material for old
tales, romances, and Spanish folk
lore, which he will arrange and
publish during the coming year, a
vast amount of rich data having
been yielded from the sources
which he sought. Upon his arrival
In Spain he writes:
Material for Many Tales.
my trip was crowned with re-
markable good fortune. Upon ar
irving in Spain l was with the dis
tinguished philologist. Don Ramon
Menendez Pidal of the Central uni
versity.-I gathered more than $50
tales and 200 romances. All this
vast material I will publish when
God gives me time in the midst of
my other tasks
Professor Espinosa vent first to-
italy and from there by sea to Bar
celona, then to Madrid by cara
gosa. He left Madrid in July for
Castillo la Vieja. where he spent
the summer, visiting the nearby
pueblos. Salamanca, Avila, Villa
dolid, call up wonderful visions OF
sunny Spain. -,
From Madrid" he writes, II
left for Cuenca, Valencia, Granada,
Sevella, Cordoba, Toledo, where
the Arabs and Moors lived for CEN
turies, and the ancient palaces of
the Alhambra, of Granada, the AL
cazar of Seville, and the famous
| mezouita of Cordoba, which re-
main as monuments of that civili-
cation. Toledo is a jewel of archi-
| lecture; it seems like an enchant-
ed palace on a high hill, surround
ed by the beautiful Tagus. Avila in
Castillo is a pearl. l visited the
convent where Saint Teresa lived
and taught, and l brought some
relics. l talked with the little Sis
ters of the Convent of the lncar-
nacion, where she taught"
/ Visited Tomb of Isabel.
"Nothing will surpass the beauty
of the old castle, The cathedral OF
Rurgos is a glory of Gothic art and
| that of Toledo is equally beautlful.
In Granada / saw the tomb where
| the remains of Isabel and Fernan-
do are laid. and the Golfer OF
| Jewels that she offered to Column
bus. and the robes bordered by
Queen Isabel and her ladies'
It was in the monastery of Lilos
in the province of Burger that he
received the Order of san Benito,
and in Madrid before sailing he
received the other honor, his Span
ish colleagues making him one of
the original Order of Alfonso, the
Real Academia Espanola de la
Lengua, which corresponds to the
French Royal academy.