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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1964
Professor Writes, Teaches, Translates
By Linda Ellis
With his ability to thoroughly enjoy and dedicate himself to his work, L. R. Lind, chairman of the classics department, needs a 48-hour day.
In a constant effort to do something that is worthwhile and challenging. Prof. Lind has a number
of projects going at the same time. He is presently working on a fourvolume project concerning pre-Vesalian anatomy, which involves 16th century medical writers.
Prof. L. R. Lind
Prof. Lind considers his work on medical texts as "fun." In 1960 he received a grant to work on his hobby in Bologna, Italy. The grant allowed him to work with the study and translation of works of Renaissance anatomists.
PROF. LIND SAID his interest in the classics came when he was in high school. "Up to that time, I read all the usual trash that a
young boy can get his hands on,' he said.
In high school he was introduced to such works as the Iliad, The Aeneid, Dante, etc. His interest in these works grew as he went through the upper grades.
Prof. Lind considers himself a poet, a writer and a teacher, but he also has a number of other interests. One of his major interests is translations of the classics. He has written ten books and edited and annotated many others on Latin, Greek and modern literature.
In his sophomore year at the University of Illinois he wrote his first poetry. These verse translations have been published in an anthology.
ANOTHER interest is translating Latin medical texts. These texts are usually ones that have never been done before. They concern the knowledge of ancient men in regard to the composition of the body and its parts.
The grant he received in 1960 was for three years. It was made under the program of Public Health Service in the history of medicine. He spent the first year in Italy, and then returned to this country where he studied at the Harvard Libraries
Prof. Lind said, "I always wam to do something that has never been done before," and is proving it again in his efforts to write a history of Roman ideas. He has already written a 55-page bibliography and now only needs the time in which to write it. "I'll need five years to complete the whole thing, but it's something I always wanted to do," he said.
IN DISCUSSING his variety of activities, Prof. Lind said he can think of nothing more rewarding than discovering the work of a new author or poet.
"When I feel bad there is nothing that peps me up more than digging into a new author and finding out what he has to say."
One of his books he is fond of mentioning is called "Aldrovandi on Chickens." It is a book devoted to the lineage of the chicken as it had evolved up to 1600. The book was sponsored in part by the American Historical Poultry Society.
One of the backers of the book was the son of the former Secretary
In addition to the many independent studies Prof. Lind has completed, he has written and edited several text books for the courses he teaches. He said students should be given the best translations available if they are to comprehend the great works.
AMONG the most recent books he has had printed in paperback form are Vergil's "Aeneid," and Latin poetry in contemporary verse translation, 10 Greek plays in content-translations, according to Prof. Lind, translations, accordingto Prof. Lind, were written specifically for students in his classes. The books include extensive sections of notes and detailed introductions so the reading of the work will be as instructive and interesting as possible.
Prof. Lind came to KU in 1940 and has been here ever since, except for two years when he was away working with research grants in foreign countries. He spent last summer in Bethesda, Md., while working in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on another research project.
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PROF. LIND noted the gradual rise in interest in the classics. He said when he came to KU in 1940, there were 50 students in the Latin and Classics department. Now there are about 250. The overall rise in University students has not risen in the same ratio.
In yet an additional vein of his diverse activities, Prof. Lind recently worked with a professor Williamson of Wesleyan University in Connecticut on a book called "Twentieth Century Italian Poets" in verse translation.
In the many years he has taught the language and studied the history of its early users, Prof. Lind has never lost his initial fascination with his work. He is in constant touch with his work because he is always discovering new things about the translations with which he is working.
One of the main problems of working with translations is the fact that they are dated so rapidly. "The date a work is translated from the Latin or Greek is very noticeable by the slang words used by the author at the time. That is why new and fresh translations must be made often to keep the work readable in each time sequence," he said.
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