Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...annual private school track meet on the Harvard outdoor board track on Saturday the Noble and Greenough team came through with a lead of nine points over its nearest rival, Roxbury Latin. The winning outfit garnered 30 3-4 points, with Roxbury Latin scoring 21 3-4 for second place, while Milton Academy was a bare 1-4 point behind for third place...
...records were made: Robert Playfair of Roxbury Latin broke through the tape in the 600-yard run in 1 min. 18 1-5 sec. after leading the whole field from the start. Nathaniel Goodhue of Milton made the other record when he romped around the 1000-yard...
Schoolboy Meet Noble and Greenough 30 3-4, Roxbury Latin 21 3-4. Milton...
...rendered "A Peace Worth Preserving" by Wilson, and J. L. Ware '30, who recitated "The Passing of Arthur" by Tennyson won the two other prizes. The 1929 competition was won with declamations of selections from older authors, such as "Orpheus and Eurydice" from Virgil's Fourth Georgic, in Latin, and a selection from "Gyrano de Bergerac." The names of those who will judge the speakers have not been announced...
...first his voice trembled with both the novelty and the import of the occasion. Quickly, however, his cadenced Latin gained measured speed. Latin adepts had difficulty keeping up with his racing thoughts and Italian pronunciation. As soon as he finished, translators, who had stood by him, vernacularized in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish the substance of his message which began...