The day before Dr. Wei-ching Chen, Chancellor of Embassy, had been at bridge to see his son (of Queens' College) take his degree in law. Dr. Chen was much interested in the curious old ceremonial used, particularly when the candidate, kneeling before the Vice-Chancellor, puts up his hands, flat together, as if in prayer, and the Vice-Chancellor encloses them in his own hands, It is of course an act of symbolism though I do not know its origin.
Perhaps the most curious part of and other like ceremonies is that [all the speeches are made in Latin. AN Jour public monuments are inscribed in the same language—for instance the Admiralty arch built in memo: of that most British Queen Victoria From time to time demands are raised for the abolition of classical lan-of guages in our schools. Yet for all [ceremonial uses we stick to them, at least to Latin, as few if any other nations do.
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