Evening star., 1934-09-24
HULL WELCOMES
ITALIAN STUDENTS
Secretary of State Ad-
dresses $50 University Men
in CoIorfuI Ceremony.

Sone $50 Italian students. repre-
senting 26 universities of Italy, were
officially welcomed to the United
States this morning by Secretary OF
State Cordell Hull, in colorful cere-
money in the United States Chamber
of Commerce Building. Among the
notables present were DR.. Augusta
Rosso, the Italian Ambassador; Rear
Admiral David Foote Sellers, super
intendent of the Naval Academy, and
the heads of Catholic University,
Georgetown, American and George
Washington Universities.
The students, clad in white uni
forms and wearing the black shirts
of the Fascist, arrived here Saturday
on a tour of the leading universities
in the Eastern United States. They
leave tomorrow for Chicago.
Ambassador Rosso Speaks.
The Italian Ambassador was intro
duced to the students by Gustavus T
Kirby, chairman of the American
committee. In his address, DR.. Rosso
declared that Mussolini held Amer
lean educators in high regard and he
sponsored the tour to further friendly
relations between American and
Italian students.
After his introduction to the as
sembly, the Secretary of State re-
ceived de luxe volume of the his
tory of Italian education for the
President of the United States. The
half hour program was broadcast over
Nationwide hook-up.
The program included singing OF
the Fascist hymn and music by the
United States Marine Band.
University Heads Speak.
Bishop James H. Ryan. president
of Cathloic University, spoke to the
students in Italian after a memorial
volume had been presented to the
university. Following Bishop Ryan's
short address, Rev. Edmund A. Walsh
vice president of Georgetown Uni
versity, spoke to the group in Latin
inviting the students to visit George
town campus, where they would be
greeted by university officials.
Among the students present at the
ceremony were Luigi Beccali of the
University of Milan, 1882 Olympic
1,500-meter champion; j. A. Marsico,
spokesman for the students and spe-
cial representative of the Western
Union, New York; DR.. Giovanni Poll,
commandant of the Italian university
students, and Console Blanc, promi-
nent Italian composer and song
leader for the tour.
Education in Italy is highly re-
spected by the educators of America,
especially in the medical world" Sec
retary Hull said in his address. Mus
solini is held in high regard in Amer
lea and it is the desire of President
Roosevelt that every student in the
United States welcomes you with
open arms. We feel that Italy has
done much toward the progress of
the world and I officially welcome you
to America"
Memorial Volumes Accepted.
Among those accepting the me-
mortal volume of the universities of
Italy were Secretary OF State Hull,
Admiral Sellers, for the Naval Acad-
emy; Bishop James H. Ryan, for
Catholic University; Rev. Edmund
A. Walsh, for Georgetown; President
Cloyd H. Marvin, George Washing
ton, and DR.. George B. Woods. dean
of the College of Liberal Arts, for
DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray, president
of American University.
Concluding the program with
cheers, the right-hand salute of the
Fascist party, and songs played by
the Marine Band Orchestra, the
party began a tour Of local schools.
Earlier in the day each student
was made an honorary member Of
the International Association Of
Chiefs Of Police.