Word: latinity
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...classics courses at the College have been voluntary since 1868. This spring, not even 100 graduates took Latin language courses, and only 25 students will graduate with a degree in classics this year...
There's "no good practical reason, any more than there is for all of us putting on funny robes and hats, which are also products of medieval Latin culture," he says...
Stetsko's original submission to the Committee on Commencement Parts had to include both the Latin speech and its English translation, and she says she has always thought of the two as a "unit...
Those who know Latin will have their fun, too--Stetsko reveals that "there are several places where the Latin itself is a bit of a joke...
Though the tone of Stetsko's oration is light, administrators see the Latin Oration as a symbol of Harvard's dignified history...