Word: dena
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hidden meaning, and words in current use today retain the meaning which the group of letters gave." And accepting the tradition which exists in Ireland, in Greece and in Egypt of an ancient alphabet of sixteen letters the author seeks to prove that the well-known nursery catch, "Ena dena, dina, do, catch a nigger by the toe, etc.," is this lost alphabet, preserved by generations of children, who repeated it almost subconsciously, perfectly oblivious to the "depth of knowledge buried in the apparently meaningless words...
...Davenport '21, and M. E. Gibson 21, defeated L, Clarkson 1G. B. and G. B. Seager 1G. B., M. P. Lichauco '23 and J. G. Russell '22 defeated A. W. Dena '25 and R. D. Gross...