Dublin Core
Title
Commemoration
Subject
Academia, academic, academic formality, ceremony, Commem Day, commemoration, commemoration speech, formality, Latin, NSW, New South Wales, Oxford University, senate, speech, student, students, Sydney, The University of Sydney, undergraduates, university.
Description
Sydney University Commemoration speech. Refers to the undergraduates' role as the terrae filius of "medieval times." With a literal meaning of 'son of the earth', terrae filius has also been used to describe a student asked to deliver a satirical Latin poem at Oxford University.
Creator
Unknown
Source
The National Library of Australia: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15054767
Publisher
The Sydney Morning Herald
Date
1 May 1909
Rights
National Library of Australia