Word: irks
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Dates: during 1921-1921
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...case of the man who offers advanced Latin for admission, the rule is that no matter if he has previously passed prose composition along with translation of prose authors, he must take this test again in his final examination together with his poetry. Thus he must carry on the irk-some study of composition for a full year longer than any other college requires. That this is an unpopular regulation is shown by the large number of Harvard candidates who omit Latin poetry during their last school year, thereby avoiding the final Latin examination...