Word: aeneid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gleason L. Archer, Jr. '38, or Norwell and Lowell House, has been awarded the Bowdoin Prize for his translation into Latin of a selection from J. W. Mackail's edition of Virgil's "Aeneid...
...roll of Boylston prize winners contains the names of numerous famous graduates. George Santayana '86 performed the unparalleled feat of winning awards for the recitation of both Latin and Greek passages, giving a selection from Virgil's "Aeneid" in his Junior year and one from Homer's "IIiad" as a Senior H. V. Kaltenborn '09 took first place in his Senior year. George R. Agassiz '84 and Arthur C. Train '96 are also among the eminent prize winners...
...heard the morning stars when they sang together. I saw Thor gather in the rainbows to wrap about the dying storm; I walked with Caesar through the three parts of Gaul and I listened to Virgil when he sang his Aeneid when I was told I was to introduce this...
...other subject to the approval of the committee. Some of the winning essay's of previous years have been on such subjects as "Modern aspects of Dante", "Rhythm of Dante's sonnets in the Vita Nuova", and "Comparative study of the similies of the Divine Comedy and the Aeneid." Several of the prize papers have been written in French, or Italian. Harvard men represent a majority of the winners of former years...
...second book consists of a series of lectures drawn from a first-hand knowledge of over 40 secondary schools in England and on the continent, attempting to set forth in brief compass their existing principles and practices. "Studies and Tests on Virgil's Aeneid" involves an application to the teaching of Latin of the principles which govern the making of objective tests, and not only provides the teacher with material for a general Latin survey, but aids the student to gain a full appreciation of the poem. In "Curriculum Problems of Industrial Education," the educator faces the inaccuracies and inadequacies...