Word: virgil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...commemoration of Virgil's Bimillennium, the second of a series of three lectures will be given by L. D. Peterkin, assistant professor of Greek and Latin, in the large lecture room of the Fogg Museum today at 4.30 o'clock. His topic will be "Self Revelation in Virgil". Next Friday, Professor E. K. Rand '94, of the Department of Latin, will speak on "A Birthday Prophecy for Virgil." These lectures are given under the direction of C. H. Moore '89, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...position of at least four of the agricultural exporting countries of Europe is absolutely tragic!" said Rumanian Minister of Commerce Virgil Madgearu. He pictured Rumanian farmers as "crushed" by the stupendous volumes of foodstuffs offered in World markets by North and South America plus Russia. Referring to Russian "dumping" (see p. 17), M. Madgearu seemed to blame this partially on the U. S. "The great Capitalist absentee from League circles," said he with biting asperity, "has shipped 35,000 tractors to the great Communist absentee...
...15?Celebrations commemorating 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Virgil; at Mantua (birth place), Naples (burial place) and Rome (career place...
...president of the reorganized Gold Star Mothers of America Mrs. Burling had rivals. The American War Mothers Association of which Mrs. Virgil McClure is president, criticized her tactics. Petty politics bred bad feeling. But last week it was Mrs. Burling, beaming with delight, who led the Gold Star trippers to New York's City Hall, received there for them the greetings of municipal officers, admirals, generals, Congressmen, officially responded to the welcome...
Just 2,000 years ago come October 15, was born on a farm near Mantua, Publius Vergilius Maro, greatest Roman poet, suave and brilliant favorite of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, frequent guest of Tycoon Maecenas. From now on until Virgil's 2,000th birthday in October Italian gardeners will be furiously busy planting the Lucus Virgili or "Virgilian Wood," a great new park on the outskirts of Mantua, a modern version of the sacred groves of the ancient Romans, who planted groves of trees which in aspiring to heaven might honor their gods, goddesses. Because Poet Virgil mentioned...