Protest against abolishing Latin on Leiden Univ Diplomas!

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The Board of the University of Leiden has made known that they want to abolish the Latin language on the Ba and Ma diplomas.

It would be more suitable to use English according to the board, thus destroying a 435 year old tradition...

The "Hora Est" will be changed into : Time is up............................. hock:

This has led to a petition and a demonstration against this descision by students, scholars, teachers and professors of the University.

The Demonstration against this descision took place last week.



Some 56 students, as well as scholars and the former Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, professor Leertouwer participated in this demo.



At the moment the petition is at 2.807 signatures, but more are needed, especially by scholars who could put their weight in the balance....



this is the link :

http://petities.nl/petitie/behoud-latij ... leidse-bul

Feel free to sign it, especially if you are a scholar.

You can use translation functions in windows or firefox to get a clue of the Dutch text.

next week the petition is due to be presented to the board of the University, around the 17th of June.

M.VIB.M.