Posted by Tom Napier on January 06, 2010 at 13:33:33 user Didymus.
In Reply to: Re: Ages in GN posted by Owen Roberts on January 06, 2010 at 09:15:44:
Even if John were "bound elsewhere" he might have needed a pass in Latin. I don't know about England but this was an entrance requirement for Scottish universities until the mid-fifties. In my case the rules changed in the nick of time as, despite four years of study, I was hopeless at Latin. (I based my subsequent career on my degrees in physics and electronics and never used Latin at all.)