Richard Orme Dixon’s (715) Latin Translation paper, 1879
exam question does not appear as quickly as we would like, we have all done it – doodled on an exam paper. How many of us would consider the possibility that our doodles would still be around well over a century later? The reason for Dixon II’s mathematical calculations on his Latin Translation paper are a mystery, but its house with verandah may well be of him dreaming of going home. Sources: • Christ’s College Magazine Vol 1 No 1 April 2nd 1862 Christ’s College Archives • Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association 2003 Theodore Robert Foster Raw (3613) • In Memoriam p3 • Rice, G. W. 1993. Perceval, Westby Brook. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en\/biographies/2p10/ perceval-westby-brook
Thomas Walter Cane (1303) was a part-time lecturer in English and Latin at Canterbury University College when he set English papers A and B in 1927.
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