Tag: Orations
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Nation & World
In full regalia, and ready to regale
This year’s accomplished trio of Commencement orators draws inspiration from diverse sources, from the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes to Japanese haiku to the Latin inscription on Dexter Gate.
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Nation & World
Speaking for their class, to the world
Two Harvard College seniors and a Harvard Kennedy School student carry on the tradition of Commencement orations, given in English and in Latin.
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Nation & World
English, Latin, graduate orators get a chance to make their voices heard
This morning’s orations bring together a young literature scholar on the eve of public service, a classics concentrator on her way to medical school (after a year of studying archaeology), and a U.S. Army officer who served in Iraq. In their own ways, the three orators represent Harvard’s diversity as it is measured by the…