Word: latinity
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...restructuring of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School as well as the merger of the Fletcher and Maynard elementary schools have consumed the rest of his school committee time. Both issues were worked out over the course of several months...
...showcase for such academic prowess was the Latin Oration, an address by a top graduating scholar to the audience...
Three-hundred and forty-nine years later, the Latin Oration is one of the few Commencement traditions that has held, as Harvard administrators are still eager to impress the audience with students' skills...
...though, Latin, Greek and Hebrew were familiar languages to the audience. Then, graduates used the orations to showcase speaking skills before influential elders who could give them jobs. Forget about interviews--it was prowess in Latin conjugation that counted...
...unlike in 1642, the crowd won't understand what she's talking about. In colonial times, all students and most educated audience members underwent rigorous training in Latin composition and declamation...