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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9,1947
Latin Is No 'Dead' Language For KU's Expert, Prof. Lind
Who says Latin is the useless language?
Prof. L. R. Lind, chairman of the department of Latin and Greek, is kept busy with many strange requests by people who think the language is indispensable.
The scientists are among Professor Lind's best customers. Descriptions of new species or sub-species of in- sects and animals are given an amazingly efficient variety of Latin names, he said into the proper legal jargon. To make it more imposing.
"One time a geologist asked for a word that would have the general meaning, 'bare sand dune,' that is, a dune piled up by wind action in an arid region, its suit of vegetation. As you can see, he's an expert in mud-balanced dunes."
Geologist Asks For Help
Many requests for information of all kinds come in by mail. Will Professor Lind send a petroleum geologist a list of books on Indo-European philology? (Philology is the study of cultures as revealed by languages.) he writes in a textbook on butterflies with Latin tations, and he wanted to know what grammarians and dictonaries to use in brushing up his Latin.
One Way to Make $10
One woman wrote to Professor Lind asking "if someone down there could give a good, clear, grammatical translation of the 'General Lee' from Isaac Newton's Principia. The The was a busy man he'd do it for $10.
"That was the last I heard of her interest in Newton, which I hope I haven't crushed entirely," he chuckled.
One of Professor Lind's most pleasant tasks came when a young girl needed a legal birth certificate for a job. The one she had was in modern Greek, which neither she, her parents, nor her employer could turn
into the proper legal jargon. To make it more imposing, it was signed by a priest of the Independent Greek Orthodox church, Well, professor Lind did not fail there; he came up with an English version complete with "Be it known by these presents
He Creates Mottoes
"The business in mottos is always brisk. Will I give the source of "Bis dat qui cito dat?" Or again, will I provide a Latin motto for a group of boys who wish to glorify their clubhouse with some reference to the frontier and the wilder days in Kansas. How can I say 'Quantrill Come to Life,' for example, and make a motto out of it? I ultimately evolved "Quantrillus Redivivus," Professor Lind said.
So far he has not had the heart to do what one of his classical colleagues on another campus is supposed to have done. A fraternity asked him for a Greek motto, and he gave the boys a phrase. When translated long afterwards, it was found to read. "We are all donkevs."
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