The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-13

held here yesterday, when the Ameri- 1 can and Italian people of the city joined to honor the memory of great | man.
 A parade, marshalled by Attorney | Joseph DeNigris, and in which all the | Italian societies participated, started l from Washington Park at 10:30 | o'clock, and proceeded to East Main
 street, then to Stratford avenue to | Fairfield avenue to Main street. to | Grand street, to North Washington l avenue and then to Columbss school, where the first of the Columbus Day I James c. Moore of the High school, presided and Rev. D. E. Mcqueen was also a guest of honor. Attorney De- Nigris delivered a splendid address the program the entire audience filed out in front of the school where handsome wreaths and floral pieces were placed at the base of the statue of Christoforo Colombo.
 In the afternoon at o'clock there was another celebration in the audi torium of the High school. This was held under the auspices of the Italian two written by High school pupils and two by Grammar school puplls' were read
 Pupils Win Prizes.
 Joseph Giandonato w1on the prize of S25 offered by the Italian commit
  High Sch ooI pupil. John Waters won a gold medal suitably inscribed as a second prize in the same class with Giandonato. Neither of these boys has received his entire training in lit erature and English in the public school of the city but both are pupils of Miss Marian Doyle. a private tutor. Before beginning his training with Miss Doyle about a year and a half ago, Giandonato was unable to- write even a simple composition in school but his remarkable improvement un- der her tutorage is shown by the fact that the essay which 1le delivered yes- terday and which received such fla vorable criticism from those who heard it, was written in dactylic hex ameter, which is quite an unusual un- dertaking for so young a boy.
 John Waters is approximately the same age as Giandonato. His essay showed a promise of further achieve ment.
 Dorothy Wendell. 10 year old pupil of Columbus school, won SIS offered first prize for the best composition by a grade school pupil, and Betty | Jane Hallen of Beardsley school proved to be a close second.
 At the High school exercises Rev. | Gaetano Sciacca of Sacred Heart col l lege of New York; Lynn w. Wilson, l editor of the Bridgeport Times. ana | College of New York. all delivered | addresses on the life and work of Co., Iumbus and the glorious lessons ! which can be drawn from a study of this man.
 Want Italian Taught.
 The days program concluded with ! a banquet last night at the Italian i restaurant at o'clock. Attorney 1 DiNigris presided and presented Pres i ldent Owen Burns Of the Board or | dress of the evening. Tie principal l speech of the evening was by Profess | sor Etteri. who expressed desire | that the Italian language De taught | in the High school. He declared that | there is a much larger population or | Italians in this city than there is of l French Spanish, yet the latter two 1 are the only 1n cd ern fore gn language 1 given a the High school He rect | ed at President Burns a repuest that | Italian be added to the curriculum | at the local school. In answer, Mir. | Burns said if petition, containing l suff1cien reasons for the teaching of | Italian in the schools. be presented to 1 the Board of Education that the wish 1 would be granted.
 Justice George W. Wheeler was the honorary patron for the entire affair. | The honorary committee was com posed of Mayor Fred Atwater. Lpnn " Wilson. Seward B Price, Jonathan Godfrey. Rev, William Horace Day, James c. Shannon, S. z. PoH. E. Everett Cortright, P DeCicco, Owen Burns, Miss E. Bown. Mrs. W T. FitnckS. MrS- FFdilh o4AiieE, ana AiES A. H. BulIard.
 Frank Frassa was president of the 1 committee. assisted by: Joseph De Nisris, cha1rmani ErnestG | Presioso, secretary; and Antonio Gi- 1 andonato. treasurer. The committee was composed Of Santolo D'Andrea, Tomasetti, Michele Altierl, Donate Del Percio, Giovanni Longo. 6 E. Caserta G. Liscio, D. Mazza- puff, L. Esposito L. Benedetto, Pas luaIe AItieri- G. yietrl. G. CaIcaterra, > Totaro. G. D'Eiia L. Pappani F. l AIberghini Mrs Palumbo, Mrs " Frassa, Mrs Anne De Rosa.
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