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Annual CAM meeting at the Humanities Education Center, Saturday, October 27, 2001
The annual meeting of the Classical Association of Minnesota will take place at the Humanities Education Center, 987 East Ivy, St. Paul. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. See attached map and directions. Guestroom facilities are available for those from greater Minnesota attending the conference. Reservations can be made by calling Matthew Brandt, 651-774-0105, ext. 108. The keynote address will be given by Natalie Boymel Kampen, Barnard College, New York.
10:00-10:45 a.m.
Registration
CAM Annual Dues: $10 for regular members, $5 for retired members and students. Meeting registration fee: $10 (includes coffee, rolls, lunch and reception). We welcome new members and invite you to take a newsletter. Please update your addresses, especially your e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Please wear a nametag.
10:45 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements: Jeremiah Reedy, CAM President, and Stanley Romanstein, MHC President
Presentation of Latin Teaching Award to Dennis Rayl, Jon Beane, Trinity School
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Keynote Address
Natalie Boymel Kampen
Barnard College, New York
“Seeing Aphrodite: Gendered Audiences for the Aphrodite of Knidos”.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15-1:30 p.m.
Business Meeting
1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion
“Religion and Classical Literature”
Philip Sellew, University of Minnesota
Larry Alderink, Concordia College, Moorhead
2:45 p.m.
Reception
ABOUT NATALIE KAMPEN
Natalie Boymel Kampen is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Women’s Studies and Art History at Barnard College, where she serves as the chair of the department of Women’s Studies. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright Commission, Mellon foundation and the Women’s Caucus for Classical Studies. Kampen was, in 2000, the Sacher Visiting Research Fellow, St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. She has published widely in the areas of gender and sexuality in ancient art. Her contributions to seminal works in the field are legion, including: Image and Status: Roman Working Women in Ostia, 1981, Women in the Classical World: Image and Text (co-authored with S.B. Pomeroy, E. Fantham, H.P. Foley and H.A. Shapiro), 1994, Sexuality in Ancient Art, 1996, and Cambridge Guide to Classical Civilization (ed. Lin Foxhall et al.), 2001. She is currently working on the concept of masculinity in late antique art.
Executive Committee
Jeremiah Reedy – President, Macalester,
reedy@macalester.edu
Dennis Rayl – Vice-President, Trinity School, drayl@mediaone.net
Gwen Compton-Engle – Treasurer, St. Olaf, comptone@stolaf.edu
Nanette Scott Goldman – Secretary, Macalester, goldman@macalester.edu
Christopher Nappa – Member at Large, University of Minnesota, cnappa@umn.edu
Steve Reece – Past President, St. Olaf, reece@stolaf.edu
CAM is pleased to announce the slate of officers and executive committee members for the coming term, 2001-2003:
Anne Groton – President, St. Olaf, groton@stolaf.edu
Dennis Rayl – Vice-President,
Trinity School, drayl@mediaone.net
Gwen Compton-Engle – Treasurer, St. Olaf, comptone@stolaf.edu
Nanette Scott Goldman – Secretary, Macalester, goldman@macalester.edu
Christopher Nappa – Member at Large, University of Minnesota, cnappa@umn.edu
Jeremiah Reedy – Past President, Macalester, reedy@macalester.edu
Special thanks to outgoing President Jerry Reedy, for his inspired programming and tireless efforts during the two years of his tenure as President of CAM!
In Memoriam – Marleen Flory 2/2/44 – 6/22/01
The Classical Association of Minnesota mourns the death of Marleen Boudreau Flory. A fellow of the American Academy in Rome, Marleen was the author of a large number of significant articles on Roman social history. She graduated (Phi Beta Kappa) from Mount Holyoke in 1965, did her doctorate at Yale, and taught at Mount Holyoke, Salem College, and Gustavus Adolphus College, where she was named Outstanding Gustavus Scholar in 1989 and winner of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1991.
In addition to her research, Marleen’s passion was for teaching students to love research and to write well. Students universally agreed that they left her popular but demanding courses with a rigorous experience, a love of Rome, and the ability to write. On April 19, while attending the annual meeting of CAMWS, which she had served as member of the Executive Board, Awards Committee Chair, and CJ Editorial Board Member, Marleen learned that she had cancer of the lungs, pancreas, and liver. Although in great pain, she insisted on finishing her grades for the semester and was in her office working until the end of May.
The Classics Department of Gustavus Adolphus College hopes to establish an award for student research in Marleen’s memory.
Latin Teacher of the Year
The Classical Association of Minnesota is pleased to present the Latin Teacher of the Year Award for 2001to Dennis Rayl of Trinity School at River Ridge. Rayl received his B.A. from the University of Nebraska - Kearney with a major in history and political science. His M.A. in Latin is from the University of Minnesota. His thesis is the textbook used for introductory Latin at all 3 Trinity campuses. He has been on the Trinity faculty since 1988. Rayl has attended the Conventiculum Latinum at the University of Kentucky, is the recipient of two NEH grants (one for the study of Cicero with Jim May at St. Olaf, the other to study India & Rome with Andy Overman and Jim Laine of Macalester), and one grant from the Council for Basic Education (independent study of Roman agricultural iron tools). He serves as the state Vice President for CAMWS.
In addition to teaching the aspects of ancient language and literature, he keeps his students abreast of the times with the “Latin Word of the Day” exercises, in which they learn the Latin equivalents of such words as ‘sunglasses’ or ‘hamburger’. He coordinates Latin Bowl programs, Latin for Parents and biennial trips to Rome or its former provinces. Of Dennis, one colleague writes, “For [Dennis], Latin is a passion that cannot be contained within the classroom, but must be lived and shared wherever human flourishing ought to be.” Congratulations to Dennis Rayl, CAM’s Teacher of the Year 2001!
Latin Exam and Awards
The National Latin Exam sponsored by the American Classical League and Junior Classical League was taken by over 112,000 students this year. Latin teachers should notify CAM president-elect Anne Groton, groton@stolaf.edu, if they have students who receive high scores on this exam. CAM acknowledges these students’ accomplishments with a congratulatory letter and a gift certificate. Deadline for exam application is January 1, 2002. Any requests for information should be sent to ACL/NJCL National Latin Exam, P.O. Box 95, Mt. Vernon VA 22121, and must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
Latin Teacher of the Year Award: The nominee should be a Latin teacher in an elementary, middle or high school and a member of CAM. He or she must demonstrate excellence in teaching and foster in students and interest in continued Latin study. The nomination packet must include a resume prepared by the candidate, information about the nominee’s school and Latin program, a letter of recommendation from nominator, and supporting documentation from colleagues, students and administration. Materials should be sent to Dennis Rayl, Trinity School, 2300 E. 88th St., Bloomington, MN 55425
Congratulations to the National Latin Exam Winners – 2001!
712 students in Minnesota took the National Latin exam in 2001. 74 of them received gold medals, 101 received silver medals, 96 ranked magna cum laude, 61 cum laude, and there were 11 perfect scores.
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MINNEHAHA ACADEMY (Teacher Mrs Michelle Vitt) Perfect Score: Hans Anderson, Adrian Wood-Smith , Sam Reinhardt 39 right: Steven Kravik SHATTUCK-ST. MARY’S (Teacher: Mr. Robert Neslund) Perfect Score: Ian Adams 39 right: Robin Baur ROCHESTER MAYO (Teacher: Ms Ellen Sassenberg) Perfect Score: Martha Matsumoto 39 right: Joshua Altchuler TRINITY SCHOOL AT RIVER RIDGE (Teacher: Mr. Dennis Rayl) Perfect Score: Corinna Turbes, Barbara Ryan, Kristen Schutt, Abigail Berg, Kathryn-Ann Geis, Bernard Funk, Ryan Kieffer, Catherine LaVergne 39 right: Colleen Smith, Ian Johnson, Amy Herbeck, Joseph Gleason, Elizabeth Maxwell, Luke Fier, Reed Gochberg, Mary Kaszynski, Luke Goetzke, Elizabeth Murphy, Angelica Tambornino ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL 39 right: Jordan Rupprecht ACADEMY FOR YOUTH EDUCATED AT HOME 39 right: Sarah Burt |
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Congratulations to Grant Remmen (tutored by Mark Larsen) of Detroit Lakes for his perfect score on the National Myth Exam. |
Minnesota JCL Certamen Hiemale
Latin students from four Minnesota schools gathered at Trinity School at River Ridge (Bloomington), January 20, 2001, for the annual Minnesota Junior Classical League Certamen Hiemale. Students from Minneapolis South High School, Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis), Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Faribault) and Trinity School at River Ridge compete in teams corresponding to their years of studying Latin. After two preliminary rounds and a pizza lunch, the final competition was held in a general assembly. This year’s winning teams will be presented with new traveling trophies provided by the Classical Association of Minnesota. Members of first and second place teams will receive certificates citing their accomplishments.
First year Latin winners: Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Erik Thunem and
Ian Adams)
Second year Latin winners: Trinity School at River Ridge (Christopher
Tarsney, Greg Tambornino, Anne Varevice, Kathryn-Ann Geis and Colleen
Murray)
Third year Latin winners: Trinity School at River Ridge (Bridget O’Kane,
Whitney Cleveringa, and Catherine Bulger)
Art in the Ancient Mediterranean
Professional development seminar for K-12 teachers
CAM and the Minnesota Humanities Commission (MHC) will be cosponsoring a professional developments seminar for K-12 teacher this fall entitled “Art in the Ancient Mediterranean.” It will be held in conjunction with the CAM annual meeting. Learn about the role of art and architecture in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome by looking at ancient statues and monuments in order to understand how art functioned within these particular cultural contexts. Special attention will be paid to the role of religion in art and to the function of art as a unifying force between the city of Rome and the abstract notion of the Roman Empire. Independent scholar and author Mary R. DeMaine will lead this seminar.
This seminar will take place Friday, October 26 – Saturday, October 27 (CAM annual meeting) at the Humanities Education Center in St. Paul. The first day of the seminar is from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an optional evening session from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The second day begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. with the conclusion of the CAM annual meeting. The cost is $125, which includes all meals and materials. Overnight accommodations are available at no extra cost, but priority for accommodations will be given to participants travelling from outside the Twin Cities metro area.
All participants will receive continuing education units. Two quarter graduate credits from Hamline University are available for and additional fee of $104.
For more information or to register, see the Humanities Commission web site at www.thinkmhc.org/teach.htm or contact Rebecca Eilers at 651-772-4257 or rebeccae@thinkmhc.org.
The Minnesota chapter of the AIA sponsors Archaeology Lecture Series
The local chapter of the AIA announces the following lectures:
November 15, 2001, Martha Tappan, University of Minnesota. Out of Africa I: The Earliest Hominids in Eurasia: Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia [7:00 p.m., Science Museum of MN, Discovery Hall].
December 13, 2001, Robert Cohon, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO. Fakes, Frauds and Scholars.
January 24, 2002. Sheila McNally and/or Philip Sellew, University of Minnesota. Minnesota in Egypt: The White Monastery Project.
February 21, 2002. Sarah P. Morris, UCLA (the AIA Joukowsky Lecturer). Artemis of Ephesus: A Greek Goddess in Anatolia.
March 14, 2002. Stephen Young, St. Paul MN. Accidental Archaeology: Ban Chiang Thailand.
April 2, 2002. Carol C. Mattusch, George Mason University, VA Has Anybody Seen the Originals? Sculptures from the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum.
May 2 or 9, 2002. Robert J. Selzer, Beloit College, WI. The Gottschal Rockshelter: An Archaeological Mystery. [7:00 p.m. Science Museum of MN, Discovery Hall]
All lectures will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Pillsbury Auditorium of the Minneapolis Institute of Art unless otherwise noted. For more information, contact Vanca Schrunk, 612-370-3328.
CAM Brings Fostermania to Macalester; Seventy-five Attend Workshop Conducted by Fr. Reginald Foster
On August 4, 2001 CAM sponsored a day-long (twelve hours!) Latinitatis Dies, Moderante Reginaldo for Latin teachers, college and university professors of Classics, advanced students of Latin and assorted Latin lovers. Participants came from as far away as Kansas, Colorado and New Jersey, and included many alumni of Fr. Foster’s program, Aestiva Romae Latinitas. “Reggie,” as everyone from undergrads to cardinals calls him, is the Latin secretary to Pope John Paul II. The first session was devoted to an explanation of the Via Docendi Fosteriana, Fr. Foster’s unique, oral approach to teaching and learning Latin. Displaying the energy, enthusiasm and charisma that have brought him world-wide fame, Fr. Foster took pains to make it clear that he was not proselytizing for his method, that he does not claim it is the best pedagogical approach to Latin and that others may well get better results with other methods. Three more sessions were devoted to reading, analyzing and discussing passages from well known authors such as Cicero. Livy, St. Augustine, Cornelius Nepos and Seneca as well as authors not usually read in Latin classes such as Erasmus, Galileo, Valerius Maximus and Cornelius a Lapide. Perhaps the highlight of the day was the session on spoken Latin which in Rome takes place sub arboribus. Following a wine and cheese reception and a Latin Mass, the Libation Bearers repaired to O’Gara’s pub for supper, liquid refreshments and conversation. To repeat what has been said many times before, the most common remark one hears from Reggie’s former students is “He changed my life!” CAM members can be proud of this effort which provided inspiration, raised morale, enhanced knowledge of Latin and opened new avenues to enlivening Latin classrooms.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Certamen Auctumnale: Latin competition for middle/high school students
A certamen competition for middle/high school students will be held at Trinity
School at River Ridge on November 3rd from 9:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. After the competition, students are also invited to try their hands (tongues?) at speaking Latin while partaking of a lunch brought in from D’Amico and Sons. The certamen costs $1.00 and the optional lunch is $5.50. If you don’t have students but simply love Latin, you are invited to come to help read questions, keep score or simply have the delightful opportunity of being surrounded by others who love the language. You can come for the competition, the lunch or both. If you plan to come without students, please register via e-mail to raylb@archpsm.org. For more information, contact Michelle Vitt, vitt@mail.minnehahaacademy.net.
College students - Become a member of the Senior Classical League!
A local chapter of the Senior Classical League is being formed to assist with the state JCL contest, conventions and general activities. We welcome any college student with a background in Classics or an interest in promoting the study of classical civilization in middle and high school curricula. For more information contact Katie Gumpertz, kgumpertz@macalester.edu.CALL FOR PAPERS
Calliope: Minnesota Undergraduate Studies in Antiquity is now accepting papers for it's inaugural issue. Based out of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, thejournal will be a compilation of undergraduate work from across Minnesota in disciplines such as: Classics, Greek, Latin, Classical Archaeology, AncientNear Eastern Studies, Religions in Antiquity, and others. $100 First Prize and $50 Second Prize for top two submissions. Deadlines for submission: December 7, 2001 for near-final drafts (this is intended to allow students currently working on term papers to submit under the expectation that the paper will be finalized prior to publication); February 1, 2002 for papers in need of no final work. Please submit as soon as possible to thefollowing address:
Dept. of Classical and Near Eastern Studies
c/o Calliope: MUSA
Folwell Hall 305
9 Pleasant St. SE
Mpls, MN 55455
For questions please contact <buon0001@umn.edu> with subject "Calliope"
U of MN COLLEGE IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAMME IN LATIN
The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the U is keen to do more to help with Latin in schools. In particular it hopes to start for Latin a programme called College in the Schools which has forged partnerships between a number of high schools and university departments, including German, which has been fostering College in the Schools for some twelve years, to the great advantage of schools, university and above all students. The idea of College in the Schools is that teachers offer courses from the University's curriculum (in this case the 2nd year of College Latin) to their own pupils (in this case their 4th year Latin classes) in their own schools for college credit, and in co-operation with members of the University faculty (in this case Oliver Nicholson and Nita Krevans of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies). There are campus visits for classes, workshops for those who teach and numerous collateral advantages. A number of schools expressed their enthusiasm for this prospect last Spring, but it is not too late to let us know now if you are interested. A pilot project, set up through the University of Minnesota Rochester Center, is under way this year, with Ellen Sassenberg teaching Latinists from Mayo High School a selection from Catullus, Cicero (Pro Archia), and Caesar (in the Fall) and Vergil and Livy (in the Spring). We hope to hold a meeting for all interested teachers late in the autumn.
If you would like to receive more information about Latin College in the Schools, please contact Oliver Nicholson at cmedst@umn.edu (putting College in the Schools in the Subject line) or telephone him at 612-625-5030.
Subscribe to a ‘Latin Phrase of the Day’ List
Michelle Breuer Vitt writes…
I have started an e-mail list which provides one Latin phrase a day and its meaning. This is not a list of phrases which we use in English like "et cetera" but rather these are phrases to get a better handle on oral Latin. I've been to the conventicula in KY three times and meet with the other Latin teachers in MN once a month to speak Latin. But for some reason the delightful phrases I've wanted to say don't just flow out of my mouth. So, I made a vow. I will learn one wonderful phrase/word a day. Then I thought perhaps other Latin teachers would like this too, but don't have the time to search these words/phrases out each day.
Here's my offer: One of my former students, who is now our techno guru, set up an e-mail list for me. Subscribe and I will send you a phrase a day. No obligation on your part and you can stop at any time. Just send a blank e-mail to latin-phrase-subscribe@MinnehahaAcademy.net and you'll be set to start.
Adjunct faculty needed at St. Thomas
If you are interested in being put on an adjunct faculty list for Latin or Greek at St. Thomas, please get in touch with Mary Preus--mcpreus@stthomas.edu.
Res Gestae
Gustavus Adolphus
The Classics Department is very proud to be able to announce the addition to our faculty this year of Eric Dugdale and Christopher M. Brunelle. Chris Brunelle is a Phi-Beta-Kappa graduate of Carleton College, where he double-majored in classics and music. He then did classics (and was a Choral Scholar) at King’s College, Cambridge, studying with Simon Goldhill and John Henderson. For his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chris wrote a dissertation about Ovid’s Remedia Amoris, which he is currently developing into a book. His special interests, in addition to Roman poetry, are ancient performance, spoken Latin, and gender studies. Chris has taught at Vanderbilt for the last four years, three as a Mellon professor, where both faculty and students raved about his classes and his contributions to the Classics Department. He has published articles in Classical Journal and Helios and has given papers at the annual meetings of the American Philological Association and the Classical Association of the Middle-West and South. Chris enjoys composing Latin epigrams and is likely to break into song half-way through class. Among the things he will be teaching this year are beginning Latin, Greek history, and a course called “Music and Society” in J-term. Chris is married to Professor Serena Zabin of the Carleton College History Department.
Eric Dugdale grew up in Columbia, then attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he won honors in Classics. His graduate work was done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote about Sophocles’ Electra. In fact, he is currently working on the translation and commentary on Electra for the Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama series. While at UNC, Eric won the Tanner Award for Excellence in Teaching and has been a teaching consultant at the University’s Center for Teaching and Learning. He has also taught at Harrow and other schools in England and Australia, has done research for L’Annee Philologique, was webmaster for the Barrington Classical Atlas, and has participated in archaeological digs at Metaponto and Erice in Italy. Along the way, he has given several CAMWS papers on drama and art. Eric also brings expertise in information technology to the department. Eric and Chris are two of the very best classicists in the country on this year’s hiring cycle. We are thrilled that they are here.
In October, 2000, the Department was immensely proud to host alumna Mary Jaeger, '82, who is now Chair of the Classics Department at the University of Oregon. Mary is the author of Livy's Written Rome, a wonderful book from the University of Michigan Press on memory and landscape in Livy, and of articles on Livy and Roman history. Mary's lecture here was called "Disaster Survived: Livy and the Uses of Memory."
In January, Professor Beth Severy of Macalester College gave a very interesting lecture in Will's J-term class on the film "Gladiator" and on Hollywood's use of the classics.
At the end of April, Professor Anne Groton of St. Olaf College returned to campus with this year's production of her Roman comedies, Plautus' Pseudolus. The production was a raucous and as enjoyable as always and the audience enjoyed singing along with the Latin and English choruses and laughing at the antics of Plautine Ollies. The academic year wound up with the annual souvlaki party at the Freierts'.
This year's guest lecturers are Daniel Levine (October 8-9) and Kenneth Reckford (April 18, 2002).
University of Minnesota
Oliver Nicholson continues to run the University Center for Mediaeval Studies, which is planning a conference this spring on 14th century Avignon and in the spring of 2003 will be having on campus the Annual Meeting of the Mediaeval Academy of America. He continues with editing work on the Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity,(With Wim Phillips and Cal Kendall) on the volume of papers from the Center's Conversion conference of last May, on a volume of papers from a conference on Constantine held at the University of Exeter and, with Jackson Bryce of Carleton and Dan Nodes (now alas departed from Hamline for Franciscan University), the volume of papers arising from the Center's conference on Lactantius. He has published in recent time, "Constantine's Vision of the Cross", Vigiliae Christianae 54 (2000) 309-23, "Caelum potius intuemini: Lactantius and a Statue of Constantine" Studia Patristica XXXIV (2001) 177-96, "Broadening the Roman Mind: Foreign Prophets in the Historical Scheme of Lactantius" Studia Patristica XXXVI (2001) 364-74 and has in the press an article, "Constantinople: Christian community, Christian landscape", in ed. Mark Williams The Making of Christian Communities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Mr. Nicholson is keen to promote Latin through the College in the Schools programme (see notice above).
George Sheets was the recipient of the first annual CAMWS Award for Excellence in College Teaching. His educational projects include a hypertext edition and commentary on Catullus, web-based materials for courses, PowerPoint presentations, and a Bryn Mawr commentary on Herodotus.
Macalester
Jeremiah Reedy attended the 13th International Conference on Greek Philosophy which was held on the island of Rhodes from August 18 to 25. The theme of the conference was "The Philosophy of Communications." Professor Reedy's paper was entitled "Intercultural Communications in Classical Antiquity." Before the conference the Reedys spent a week on Cyprus visiting archeological sites, museums and galleries and meeting with Macalester alumni, students and parents.Beth Severy authored an article entitled “Family and State in the Early Imperial Monarchy: The Senatus Consultum de Pisone Patre, Tabula Siarensis and Tabula Hebana, Classical Philology 95 (2000): 318-37. She will be leading a three-week Macalester course in Rome in January, 2002, assisted by departmental colleague Nanette Scott Goldman. It is a survey and tour of the major spaces, surviving monuments and artifacts of the city of Rome from the earliest occupation of the Palatine hill around 1000 BCE to the construction of the first major Christian buildings by the emperor Constantine in the 4th century CE.
Department chair Andy Overman continues to direct archaeological excavations at Omrit in northern Israel. In the summer of 2001, 28 students from Macalester and other schools accompanied professors Overman and Goldman for five weeks of excavations, lectures and site visits, including trips to Jerusalem, Acco and Jordan. Publications on the 1st century BCE Roman temple are forthcoming in the Journal of Roman Archaeology. For a virtual tour of the site, visit http://www.macalester.edu/~classics/omrit.html. He and the classics department were the subject of an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, May 25, 2001.
St. Thomas
Mary Preus writes…”Currently at St. Thomas there are 48 students enrolled in Latin 111 and 36 in Latin 211. 16 students are taking Greek 111, which is taught in alternate years. 2 of the Latin 211 students went with Dr. Ivancica Schrunk to Rome in July for her summer course.
The department of theater at St. Catherine and St. Thomas will present Aeschylus's "Prometheus Bound" at the Frey Theater on the campus of St.Catherine April 24-27, 2002 at 7 p.m. Free admission for students, faculty and staff of the ACTC colleges with ID. For reservations or information call
651-690-6700.
Concordia
At its fall meeting the Concordia College Board of Regents approved the nomination of Dr. Stanley Iverson as the first holder of the Olin J. Storvick Endowed Chair of Classical Studies. The investiture ceremony will take place at a public lecture by Iverson during the spring term. Storvick is presently Classicist in Residence at Concordia.
Benilde-St. Margaret High School
Due to the success of the existing Latin courses 1-4, Rob Epler of BSM will be offering a fifth year of Latin beginning in the fall of 2001. There are plans to offer University of Minnesota college credits to those students in Latin 4 and 5.
St. Olaf
Anne Groton writes…
For the Classics Department at St. Olaf, this is the year of returns: Steve Reece has returned from a refreshing sabbatical (best wishes to Kent Gregory, who is now teaching at Tulane after filling in merrily for Steve last year). Jim May has returned to full-time teaching after 4 years of devoted service as St. Olaf's Associate Dean for Humanities. Gwen Compton-Engle will be returning to Greece this coming January to lead the Classics interim abroad; she accompanied Anne Groton last January to learn the ropes. Anne has returned to teaching first-year students in St. Olaf's Great Conversation program, something she last did 14 years ago, while Jim teaches the second-year students in that program. All of our courses are blessed with large enrollments this fall, including more than 60 students in Beginning Latin, more than 30 in Beginning Greek.
In St. Olaf's graduating class of 2001 were 3 Classics majors, 1 Greek major, 1 Latin major, 4 Ancient Studies majors, and 1 Medieval Studies major. One of the Classics majors, Matthew Steenberg, is now studying patristics at Oxford as St. Olaf's first ever Marshall Scholar; another, Jenny Brown, is pursuing her M.A.T. in Latin at U. Mass.-Amherst. In the Eta Sigma Phi translation contests for 2001, St. Olaf students won 4 of the 24 prizes; 6 of our students were able to attend the Eta Sigma Phi national convention, held at Monmouth College at the end of March. We were also delighted that Kristina Alton '02 received a Manson Stewart Scholarship from CAMWS.
Special events: last April a troupe of 18 St. Olaf students performed Plautus' Pseudolus at four nearby schools and twice at St. Olaf. We hosted a guest lecture by Ralph Rosen (U. Penn.) in February, another by Donald Lateiner (Ohio Wesleyan) in May. This fall we are pleased to be co-sponsoring an illustrated lecture by Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Katherine A. Geffcken, Professor Emerita of Latin and Greek at Wellesley College; her talk on "The Janiculum Hill, Rome: Aqueducts, Villas, and Battlefield" will be presented in St. Olaf's new Dittmann Center, Rm. 305, on Monday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see many of you there!
Carleton
From the Carleton Classics Newsletter…..
First Annual Latin Investiture: We instituted a new yearly ceremony this spring, aided and abetted by Keyne Cheshires ’94, who is back on a two-year position teaching in our department. At the end of the….fourth term of the Introductory Latin sequence and the final term of the Language Requirement, we decided to celebrate and reward those students who had stuck out the full four terms. The department designed a handsome t-shirt, sporting a Janus-head and two Ovid quotes……. We also hope to institute a similar ceremony for survivors of Greek 204.
Second Annual Classical Marathon: Following up on the success of our marathon reading of Homer’s Odyssey last spring, we arranged a second event this year of rather shorter duration. To coordinate with Keyne’s new course on Ancient Dram (“Truth in Performance”) we held a dramatic reading of …Aeschylus’ Oresteia. The show was stolen by Don Lateiner, who recited the Hymn to Zeus in Greek from memory, whipping off his outer jacket at the appropriate moment to reveal his bright red t-shirt emblazoned with PAQEI MAQOS.
Winkel Gathering Space Dedications: We had two festive celebrations of our new space. The parents of Laura Winkel ’94, who died of cancer in 1998, were in town for the official building dedication in May. Their very generous gift to the college made the space possible, and additionally they donated to the department much of Laura’s collection of Classics books. These, added to the collection of Charles Raiment (emeritus) and Bill McDonald, form the core of a small but growing collection of texts, commentaries, and reference books housed in the student gathering space… In June at reunion, when Charles Raiment’s niece and Carleton alum Bess Raiment-Eisenstadt was present, we staged another festivity… David Porter was in attendance, as well as many alumni. Students: Two students graduated this June with majors in Classical Languages. Melissa Battis will be teaching Latin and Math at a high school in Florida this fall. Geoffrey Claussen is spending the year in Jerusalem, “studying and enjoying himself” at the Conservative Yeshiva there. All three of our juniors, Shane Ewert, Jonathan Koffel, and David Raczek, spent their fall term abroad…Six new sophomores declared majors in the spring.
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