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Valete in Crastinum. Thirty years ago, Dr. Albert E. Warsley, then teaching Latin in Brooklyn's St. John's Preparatory School, began printing a Latin magazine for his class. This was about as far as Dr.Warsley's publishing ambition reached. But one day in 1931 Radio Commentator Lowell Thomas called Warsley and requested a Latin translation of "So long, until tomorrow"-the Thomas sign-off line. When Warsley obliged (Valete in Crastinum), Thomas not only used it, but plugged the magazine on his show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Semper Latina | 1/4/1960 | See Source »

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