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THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
OF
Ninety-Ninth Annual Bulletin
2004
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2004-2005 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
CANE Executive Committee
President: Jacqui Carlon,
Immediate Past President: Alison Barker, 86
awbarker@maine.rr.com
President Elect: John McVey, 110A
Executive Secretary: Rosemary A. Zurawel,
rzurawel@rcn.com.
Treasurer: Ruth Breindel,
rbreindel@yahoo.com.
Curator of the Funds: Donna Lyons,
mdlyons@att.net.
Editor, New England Classical Journal: John M. Lawless, History Dept.,
02918-0001; (401) 865-2548; necj@earthlink.net.
Coordinator of Educational Programs: Rosemary A. Zurawel,
749-9213; rzurawel@rcn.com.
Editor, CANE Instructional Materials: Gilbert Lawall,
0390; glawall@classics.umass.edu.
Classics-in-Curricula Coordinator: Allen M. Ward, Department of History, Box U-103,
University of
At-Large Members:
Katy Ganino,
kganino@mail.sl.regional.k-12.ma.us.
Shirley Lowe,
Mark R. Pearsall,
1569;mpearsall@earthlink.net
State Representatives:
(617) 776-1490; penarubia@bchigh.edu.
8959; Leanne@cvuhs.org.
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Standing Committees
Committee on CANE Scholarships:
Ed DeHoratius,
Ellen Perry, College of the Holy Cross, PO Box
130A, Department of Classics, Worcester, MA 01610;
eperry@holycross.edu.
Chris Richards,
RICHARDC@belmont-hill.org.
Committee on Classical Computing and
Webmaster:
Raymond J. Starr, Department of Classical
Studies,
02481 (781) 235-1514, RSTARR@wellesley.edu
Finance Committee:
Donna Lyons (Chair),
Ruth Breindel (ex officio),
rbreindel@yahoo.com
Paul Properzio,
Thomas A., Suits,
Membership Committee:
Ruth Breindel (Chair), 617 Hope S6treet,
rbreindel@yahoo.com.
Kathleen L. Braden,
Katy Ganino,
12.ma.us.
Stephany Pascetta,
Emil Penarubia,
penarubia@bchigh.edu
Vincent J. Rosivach, Classics Dept.,
ROSIVACH@mail.fairfield.edu
Raymond J. Starr, Department of Classical
02481 (781) 235-1514, rstarr@wellesley.edu
Other Committees as Established by
the By-Laws
Nominating Committee:
Alison Barker (Chair), 86
Allen M. Ward, Department of History Box U-2103,
2503, ward@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Deborah Rae Davies,
Barlow-Beach Distinguished Service Award:
Jacqui Carlon,
Z. Philip Ambrose, Department of Classics,
University of Vermont, 481 Main Street, Burlington, VT; (802)
862-6818; zambrose@zoo.uvm.edu
Dennis W. Herer,
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Committee on Discretionary Funds:
Raymond J. Starr, Department of Classical
02481 (781) 235-1514, RSTARR@wellesley.edu
Shirley G., Lowe,
Program Committee (2005 Annual Meeting):
Jacqui Carlon (Chair),
Alison Barker,
John McVey, 110A
Local Arrangements Co-ordinator:
Reginald Hannaford,
Auditors:
Paul B. Langford,
Richard E. Clairmont, Murkland Hall, University
of New Hampshire, Durham, NH , 03824, (603) 886-1319,
RICHARDC@cisunix.unh.edu
Resolutions Committee:
Francis R. Bliss, Beata Arva, 375 Taylor Hill
Rd., New Vineyard, ME , 04956, (207) 652-2232,
FRBLISS@tdstelme.net
Richard E. Clairmont, Murkland Hall, University
of New Hampshire, Durham, NH , 03824, (603) 886-1319,
RICHARDC@cisunix.unh.edu
Classics in Curricula:
Oversight: State Representatives (or the designees)
Working Group:
Allen M. Ward, Department of History Box U-2103,
2503, WARD@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Margaret G. Cook, ,
Stephen A. Brunet, Classics Program Murkland
Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824,
(603) -868-2007, SABRUNET@cisunix.unh.edu
Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.,
KKITCHEL@classics.umass.edu
Director, CANE Summer Institute: Heidi Wilson,
Apollonios@aol.com.
CANE Summer Institute Steering Committee:
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Alison Barker (Liaison to the Executive Board),
86 Brydon Way, Westbrook, ME 04092; (207) 797-8123
awbarker@maine.rr.com
Mary Ann, Chaffee,
Alison Harvey,
John M. , Higgins, The
HIGGINS@vgernet.net
Ellen E. Perry, College of the Holy Cross, PO
Box 130A Dept of Classics, Worcester, MA, 01610, (508) 832-
4592, EPERRY@holycross.edu
Kenneth E. Wheeling,
Rosemary A. Zurawel,
On-Site liason: Edward M. Bradley, Department of Classics 6086
Reed Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
, 03755, (802) 295-9468, EDWARD.M.BRADLEY@dartmouth.edu
Other Officers and Services
Coordinator for CEUs: Donna Lyons,
mdlyons@att.net.
Writing Contest :President-Elect (Chair, ex officio); Executive
Committee State Representatives (ex officio)
Student Paper Award: President (Chair, ex officio)
Weincke Prize: At-Large Members of the Executive Committee (ex
officio)
Phinney Scholarship:
Nina Barclay (Chair),
Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.,
KKITCHEL@classics.umass.edu
Alison Harvey,
Vincent J. Rosivach, Classics Dept.,
ROSIVACH@mail.fairfield.edu
CANE Certification Scholarship: Classics-In-Curricula working group (ex officio)
Emporium Romanum: Donna Lyons,
mdlyons@att.net.
Newsletter: Emil Penarubia,
776-1490; penarubia@bchigh.edu
CANE Centennial Committee:
John Lawless (Chair), History Department/Libr.
112,
5442, JLAWLESS@providence.edu
Z. Philip Ambrose, Dept. of Classics UVM,
ZAMBROSE@uvm.edu
Representative on the Council of the
American Classical League:
Paul Properzio, ,
Alternate to the Council of the American
Classical League:
Deborah Rae Davies, ,
Delegate to the National Committee for
Latin and Greek:
Delegate to the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages:
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Madelyn Gonnerman, c/o Torchin, 10 Fox Lane,
MADELYN_GONNERMAN@brookline.mec.edu
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Memorials 2003-2004
Memorial Notice for
Winthrop Dahl and I arrived at Wesleyan in the
same year, 1980. He was one of a group of students that made
a strong impression on me in my early years
there. Socially awkward at times, he distinguished himself from
the first by his enthusiasm for classics and the
pleasure he took in his studies.
Latin at Wesleyan. I see from my grade-books for
that period that I taught him Greek three successive
semesters. The classes were small and included a
number of strong and eccentric characters: one was the son
of a
he flourished in that environment. In his junior
year, if I recall correctly, he studied at the
for Classical Studies in
Brown. This was at a time when the study of the
Greek novel had not yet become fashionable. I can still
remember the infectious enthusiasm with which
heart and soul.
After he graduated
come across him chatting to the Administrative
Assistant or he would wander into my office and we would pick
up conversation as though he had never left. He
seemed confident and happy in his career as a Latin teacher. I
felt he had found his niche. It was a shock,
then, to us all when we heard of his illness and subsequently of his
death. Those of the department who knew him as
an undergraduate remember him with warmth and affection
as a gentle and somewhat unworldly soul, with a
profound love of the classics. We will miss him.
She was born in
graduated from
Commerce in
In 1928 she moved to
writer and women's page editor for the Boston
Transcript. In 1939 she married Professor Thomas Means and
returned to
She was a volunteer in many charitable organizations
and served as a Gray Lady at Togus Veteran's Hospital
for the Red Cross. For eight years she was
president of the
was organized in 1950 by Professor Stanley
Chase. She enjoyed music, opera, gardening and European history.
She was a member of the First Parish Church of
Brunswick and the Harpswell Garden Club.
She was predeceased by her husband, who died in
1961. Survivors include a step granddaughter, Catherine
Stewart Castle and a step great-granddaughter,
Jessica Castle, both of
Skolfield II of
At her request, there will be no services.
Interment will be in
Memorial donations may be made to the
Arrangements are by Stetson's Funeral Home,
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In Memoriam: Erica Schmitt
Erica Schmitt, Latin teacher in
just beginning her second year teaching in
High School in
enabled Latin students from suburban and urban
schools to come together on a common curricular ground to
share in the study of Latin.
Erica completed her undergraduate work at
with an elementary teaching credential and her
Master of Arts in Teaching Latin and Classical Humanities at
the
professional meetings and made presentations at
CANE in 2000, The ACL Institute and the Classical
Association of the
a workshop at this year’s CANE Annual Meeting at
the time of her untimely death.
Erica will be remembered for her liveliness, her
spunk, and her passion for teaching Latin to all
students. In a memorial tribute to her in
include all students with all levels of ability
in the study of Latin. Her students talked of her selfless drive to
help and support them whenever needed. Erica’s
goal was to bring Latin to “the kids in
referred fondly to her students, and to give
them a sense of pride in their studies. Thomas Duffy, Principal of
tragedy. But, to have had her with us at all,
even for so short a time, is our blessing.” We can all echo those
words.
Requiëscat in pace.
From Pro Bono, Volume 14, Fall 2003,
Virginia Barrett, Editor
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2004
March 12, 2004
It is now my very pleasant duty to present the
highest award given by CANE, the Barlow-Beach distinguished
Service award. Named for two distinguished
classicists and supporters of CANE, Claude Barlow and Goodwin
Beach, the award itself is a silver bowl engraved
with a Latin quotation, most appropriate to the recipient, as
will soon become apparent.
Our most deserving recipient is a long time
member of CANE, whose service includes the presidency in 1980-
81, book review editorship of the New England
Classical Journal 1989-95, finance committee member and
innumerable papers presented at annual meetings.
He was born in
from Yale. In 1966 he joined the faculty at
UConn, where he taught for over 30 years. The list of his
publications is indeed a long and impressive
one, including journal articles, book reviews, poetry, and
encyclopedia entries. One name, Propertius, does
seem to stand out.
I am told by those who know him well that this
year’s Barlow-Beach award is a man whose gentle passion for
precision and dry wit, made him a superb
teacher.
An avid bird-watcher, a lover of classical and
church music, and a meticulous keeper of his home and grounds,
our recipient is also an avid fan of UConn
basketball, so much so that his usually reserved manner may
occasionally compromised by his loyalty.
For the bowl, a quotation from Propertius. For
the first word, we have chosen the reading favored by G.P.
Goold, as our recipient would have wished:
Ut caput in magnis ubi non est tangere signis
Ponitur haec imos ante corona pedes
Sic nos nunc inopes laudis conscendere carmen
Pauperibus sacris vilia tura damus
With deepest gratitude and highest regard, I
present this year’s Barlow-Beach award to Thomas A Suits.
Alison W. Barker
President of CANE, 2003-04
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2004 CANE Writing Contest
Leto and the Frogs
by Rachel Taylor
Once, long ago on a foggy day
A pretty wolf walked a bit astray
And by a pool found some herdsmen bent
And this is how the story went.
Wolf:
Please, good sirs, may I have a drink
From this pool in which your feet do sink?
I promise you I won’t be long
And before you know it, I’ll be gone.
Herdsmen:
Great Zeus! A talking wolf out free?
My mind must be deceiving me!
Get away from our pool and go to hell
And leave our sheep alone as well!
Wolf:
Oh, don’t be alarmed! Only a worthless curd
Would drink your water and attack your herd!
I’ll take a sip and never return again.
Besides, I’m vegetarian.
Herdsmen:
Stop telling us lies, you wicked she-dog!
Get out of our sight and get lost in the fog!
Wolves with speech are a witch’s curse.
Leave before we make things worse!
Wolf:
No, lords, I’m just a lonely wolf bitch
No demon or product of a witch.
I’m tired and just need a little water
Before I return to my son and my daughter.
Herdsmen:
We’re done arguing with you, worthless limb!
Scat and run on back home to your kin!
Whatever you are, we don’t want to know.
All we want now is for you to go.
Wolf:
Very well, if you wish to choose this fate
Your ruin will be the cause of your hate.
But I will stay so you can behold
To whom these awful things you’ve told.
Herdsmen:
Now listen here … wait, what did she say?
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And why is she beginning to change her shape?
She suddenly grows so very tall
And looks more like a woman than a wolf at all!
Wolf:
Now, see whom you’ve so rudely spoke to
I am the immortal Goddess Leto!
It is I you should worship and I you should serve.
So I’ll give you the punishment that you
deserve.
Herdsmen:
Oh please, my Lady, it was only a joke!
We were going to let you have a … CROAK!
We were even going to feed you a tidbit,
And give you a place to stay for the … RIBBIT!
Leto:
With the same respect you should treat all
But now you shall always leap, hop, and crawl!
For frogs you’ll always be, you fools,
And forever guard your precious pool.
So now away the Goddess goes
Leaving the frogs to count their woes.
And in that watery hideaway
Is where those fools remain today.
So children, if there’s a lesson to be learned,
Don’t let Great Nature be overturned.
If you are worthy of human birth
Be kind to the creatures of the earth.
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Annual Meeting of the Classical
Association of
2004
Abstracts
Reginald Hannaford, Assistant Professor of
Classics,
“I come not to bring peace but a terrorist
weapon”: A reading of St. Matthew 10:34.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Classical Association of
Anthony Payne,
Visiting Fulbright Instructor in Classical
Languages and World Studies,
Westbrook (ME) High School
Following a reading of Matthew 10:34 with a
Greek New Testament text, Tony began thinking that “sword”
was not the best translation for “machaira”,
whose classical meanings range from tool to concealed weapon
(perhaps assassin’s). He mentioned this to Reg,
thinking that “machaira” suited 1st-century-AD Roman
Reg then used this verse for a critical-reading
class at St.Joseph’s. From this have arisen 4
teaching/learning strategies for this question:-
(1)Immediate context. Here (10:21 sqq.) it is
war possibly arising within the family (where it is least
wanted) individual relationships are
specifically targeted, and it echoes Micah 7:5-7 (Handout ##1-2,
Add.Notes#1); the context suggests turning
society upside down.
(2)Comparative analysis. Reg found 27 examples
of “machaira” in the NT, none of “xiphos”, but only
here (Matt.10.34-36) is it contrasted with “eirene”(peace);
it looks close to Luke 12:51-53(who contrasts
“eirene”with “diamerismos”[division] in the
context of Christ’s Passion).
The Gospels are intended to preach about Jesus’
life and death its importance is different for
Christians(new relationship with God) and
Jews(Jesus was one of many Jews crucified [Josephus] and this was
part of different Jewish responses to Roman and
later rule [cf.today’s Rabbinic synagogue-based
Judaism])(Handout ##3,4).
(3)Word Study of the Septuagint and New
Testament. Reg found that the Septuagint uses “machaira”
to translate the Hebrew Bible “cherev” in 196
out of 410 times and it is always used to mean a short, easilyconcealed
weapon (e.g. Ehud in Judges 3:15-26 Handout #5)
other words have specific uses (e.g. “rhomphaia”
is a large sword, as Goliath’s [1 Samuel
17:45-51]).
We also found Albright & Mann’s version of
10:34-36 very interesting they
think that the Greek “alla” is a faithful
translation of an Aramaic confusion(lo/a…we-lo/a for lo/a…’ella). If
they are right, it implies a translation like “I
came not to IMPOSE peace NOR YET a weapon”(Add.Notes #3).
(4)Theological Views. Handout #6 (the Passover
meal guide Hagaddah)gives two different views
about whether Jews should use force or rely on
God’s strength. Matthew 10:34 in context may now have
become Jesus’ endorsement of that ongoing debate
for Jews ; for Christians, whichever explanation of the verse
is preferred, it turns
thinking upside down in interpreting the NT
commands to love God and neighbor as oneself.
Anne Mahoney,
A Dramatic Backbone for Greek 1
In this paper, I describe the results of an
on-going experiment in my first-year (college) Greek class. At the
beginning of the year, each member of the class
chose a Greek play to serve as a "backbone" for the year's
work. They have read their plays in English and
are now working towards being able to read them in Greek.
Reading this play serves as a concrete goal for
the year's work, and -- I hope --will encourage them to keep up
their Greek during the summer between first and
second year. With each new morphological class they learn,
the students look up and learn words of this
type in their plays. By the end of the first semester they will have
some familiarity with the most frequent words in
the play, adding up to about 50% of the running words, and by
the end of the entire year they will be up to
70%. While 70% of the vocabulary is not enough to read a text
comfortably, it is enough to make the text seem
familiar as they start reading. I have also asked each student to
select and memorize a passage from the play, in
Greek, and I gave the class a handout showing everyone's
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passage in both Greek and English. These
passages are occasionally useful as examples; I might point out a
third-person imperative in one student's
passage, a nice use of particles in another. We have also used these as
the basis for a first look at Greek meter. Even
if they do not continue the study of Greek, these students will
have read one play in English, worked on it in
Greek, and memorized a few lines of poetry -- not a bad outcome
for a first-year student. I will report on the
progress the students are making with their plays and with Greek in
general. I will consider how having a play of
one's own affects vocabulary learning, reading development, and
attitude toward the language.
Anthony Tuck,
Etruscan Vanth:
The figure of the Vanth, a winged female demon,
appears in Etruscan funerary iconography by the beginning to
middle of the 4th century BCE. This figure is
frequently added to Etruscan scenes borrowed from Greek myth
and appears to serve as an iconographic
indicator of the impending death of one or more of the figures
represented in the scene. This iconographic
function of the Vanth is similar to death harbinger figures in Celtic
myth and folklore. The emergence of the Vanth in
the 4th century, a time of significantly increased contact
between the Celtic and Etruscan worlds, suggests
that Vanth iconography represents an Etruscan adoption of a
Celtic war goddess, known in later Celtic
folklore as Badb.
Jacques Bailly,
Socrates' Divine Sign and Reason
The reason Plato's Socrates gives for not doing
politics is that his divine sign opposed it (Apology 31c7 and d5)
and rightly so (31d6), for if he had long ago
tried to do politics, he would have died long ago and not benefited
forbids me the thing which I am about to
do." So in some sense, Socrates must have been "about to do"
politics
when the sign opposed it.
Brickhouse and Smith [1989], 179, propose that
the sign opposed politics on several occasions, which led him
to conclude that he should not do politics at
all. But Socrates says that he never tried to do politics (that is the
implication of the counterfactual at 31d7), and
he says that the sign is the cause. At issue is what information
the sign conveys. I claim that the sign not only
tells Socrates "No," but also indicates what he is not to do, and
the thing it opposes can be a mere intention to
perform a whole class of actions, e.g. "politics." I further claim
that the reasons which Socrates gives for the
sign's opposition cannot be the reasons why he obeyed it, and that
they should not be compelling reasons to
Socrates, given what he says in other passages (death is not a factor in
moral questions).
I further claim that Socrates' sign is not
irrational in the senses that anger or astrology are. It is extra-rational.
Socrates does not, however, need to interpret
it: it must tell him what it means.
Most of these claims are somewhat controversial,
but spelling out the scholars who disagree (including Vlastos,
Brickhouse and Smith, and McPherran) is
precluded by space limitations. Further details are available on
request.
Tom Burgess,
The
In Arion, III, vol. 2, no. 1,
that the architectural elements portrayed on the
Portland Vase suggested clues to the decipherment of the figures
of that famous frieze. These clues, he
maintained, were "visual tropes". Skalsky's method and his (and
others')
analogies between the aesthetics of the Portland
Vase frieze and the structural organization of Catullus 64 are
provocative, but previous identification of the
figures and their symbolism are incorrect. By a close reading of
the text of Catullus 64 and by interpreting the
visual clues on the vase in that context alone, the frieze may be
interpreted as following quite closely both the
structure and narrative of Catullus' poem with important stylistic
differences conforming to Augustan taste and to
the function of the vase as a prestigious show piece.
David Wilkins, Department of the History of
Art and Architecture,
A New
Hampshire’s Public Library Buildings
Between 1860 and 1910, more than fifty new
public library buildings were constructed in towns and villages
in the state of
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featured pedimented porticoes based on ancient
Greek and Roman prototypes. While the classical style was
popular at this time in American architectural
circles, other revival styles, including Romanesque, Gothic,
Renaissance, and Colonial, were also common. The
predominance of the Classical style in this context
suggests an impetus beyond the purely stylistic.
This illustrated talk will survey
buildings and suggest one possible answer to the
question "Why Classicial?"
Peter Amram
Thetes as Heroes
The Athenian Trireme Becomes the Spear of the
City In the lliad, kleos., or glory , is gained from aristeia,
which is prowess in monomachia, a duel between
two aristocratic spearmen conducted in full view of the
opposing armies and other observers, including
gods. A prime example is the contest between the heroes Paris
and Menelaus in Book 3, which is watched by
Priam and others from the ramparts of Troyin the scene known as
the teichoskopia. The traditional way of showing
one's worth in Athenian society wasservice as an armored
infantryman, a hoplite. Because each militiaman
furnished his own arms, only the wealthier class could perform
significant military duties. The introduction of
the trireme, an agile rowed warship, enabled the large lowest
class of freemen, the thetes, to participate as
crewmen in the defense of the City and the expansion of her
empire. The prestige of the thetes increased
with Athenian dependence on her navy . Trireme warfare consisted
of one-on-one contests of maneuver-and-ram
between opposing ships. In this naval monomachia, trireme crews
needed to be disciplined and opportunistic, the
latter quality being exactly what Athenians admired most in
themselves. Because naval battles normally took
place in waters near land, spectators on the shore could watch.
Indeed, Xerxes set up a throne to create his own
teichoskopia at
sea. The enthusiasm of the thetes for naval adventure
became more pronounced as
ships' during and after the Persian wars. No
expedition, however risky and ill-advised, lacked support from the
new wielders of the 'spears of the City .' The
thetes had supplanted hoplites in prestige and could hope even to
attain kleos approaching that of Iliadic heroes.
It was perhaps with such exalted aspiration that in 415 the
Athenianfleet set off for
Stephen R. Wilk
Medusa’s Children – Proposed Paper for
Spring 2004 CANE Meeting
I proposed in past work that the gorgon faces
placed on antefixes (terra cotta roofing tiles) were meant
to function as “scarecrows” that lessened the
chances of damage to tile roofs by dissuading birds from nesting
there. This presentation is to showcase new
evidence that gorgoneia and similar devices were used as kinetic
bid deterrence devices in peristyles and
orchards, much like their modern counterparts.
Vincent Rosivach,
We tend to look at Greek vases as museum pieces,
objects of beauty to gaze at and “appreciate,” or we use them
as evidence or illustrations – of myths, of
painters’ styles, of daily life in classical
looking at vases are valuable, but they have the
unfortunate effect of removing the vases we are looking at from
the original contexts in which they were
intended to be used and understood. This paper is an effort, exempli
gratia, to place one vase back into its original context.
The paper begins with a photograph taken from
John Boardman’s standard introduction to Greek Art
(appropriately called Greek Art). The photograph, used as an example of the the
Niobid painter’s work, shows
a Greek hoplite warrior fighting an Amazon
dressed as a Persian beneath one of the handles on vase number
2688 in the Regional Archaeological Museum in
red-figure krat_r of Attic manufacture, with
an Amazonomachy on its belly and a Centauromachy on its neck.
The paper looks at the krat_r original use as a vessel for mixing water and wine for a
symposium. This leads to
a discussion of the symposium as a social
institution, with its particular atmosphere of upper-class
sophistication and clubbiness and competition,
and to the reasons for mixing water and wine and the potential
for hubris in drinking. The paper
shows the relation between the Centauromachy on the krat_r’s neck, the
Amazonomachy on its belly (representing the
Amazon invasion of Attica, and the battle of
the Amazons’ dress and the krat_r’s myth. The place of woman in the symposium is also considered,
as is the
way their presence at the symposim might
influence perceptions of the Amazons on the krat_r. After a brief
discussion of ideological images that are
intended to produce affective responses the paper concludes by
reflecting on the values of violence and Greek
male domination implied and affirmed by the images on the
krat_r.
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Ann Thomas Wilkins,
Appropriating Augustus: The Many
Appearances of the Emperor’s Image in the Name of Fascism
Augustus made a major impact upon Western
culture. After his defeat of Marc Antony at the
consolidated power and established the
Augustus's visual and literary propaganda
included extensive building projects. While the Forum of
Augustus and his Mausoleum honored family and
heritage, for instance, the Ara Pacis celebrated peace and the
Horologium his victory at
best known is the “Augustus of Prima Porta,” which
portrays the ageless emperor in allegorical military garb
and oratorical stance. Literature — first and
foremost the Aeneid — was commissioned to glorify the empire
and Julian heritage.
Generations later another individual made a
major impact upon Western culture. Benito Mussolini,
leader of the Fascist party, foresaw the
foundation of a new Italian empire. Initially he held Julius Caesar as his
model, comparing his own 1922 March on
Mussolini paralleled his own position to that of
Augustus in various ways. He designed urban renewal
programs, for instance, that honored the first
emperor’s projects by restoring them or imitating them in concept.
The Augustan Ara Pacis, excavated with great
effort, was re-erected near its original location, while the newly
constructed Foro Mussolini appropriated the
Augustan concept of a grand imperial public space marked with a
prominent obelisk (this modern one, however, was
inscribed “Mussolini Dux” in contrast to the Egyptian
hieroglyphs of the Horologium obelisk).
Images of Augustus appeared in many venues; a
copy of the “Prima Porta,” for example, stood by the
Via dell’Impero, as is depicted in a 1933 -1934
Fascist daily calendar. Postage stamp designs incorporated the
honorific statue; one example features
disembodied hands raised in Fascist salute toward the representation of
Augustus. The “Prima Porta” served mercantile
purposes as well: a 1937 advertisement in the National
Geographic enticing the reader to the glories of
vacationing in
image, with Augustus raising his arm over
An extensive exhibition, the Mostra Augustea della Romanità, focused on the Emperor Augustus in
name and emphasis. He was the pivotal figure in
this exhibition that encompassed the entire scope of ancient
Roman history. While some rooms of the exhibit
covered broad areas (such as “The Expansion of the Roman
State during the Civil Wars” and “The Empire
from Tiberius to the Antonines”), the Augustan age was
represented in rooms such as “Poets and Writers
of the Augustan Age,” “Augustan Monuments in
“The Augustan House,” as well as in several
devoted to him and his family. The exhibit consisted of more than
two thousand casts, an enormous model of
Imperial Rome, photographs, maps, and a modern copy of
Augustus's Res Gestae. Rather
than being an aesthetic display of original works, the didactic and
propagandistic Mostra was intended to demonstrate
the continuity between the Imperial Rome of Augustus and
that of Mussolini. The exhibit opened on
September 23, 1937, the bimillenium of the first emperor’s birth.
Planned and executed — with Mussolini's approval
— by Giulio Quirino Giglioli, it was viewed by many,
including Hitler.
This paper will consider Mussolini's
appropriation of Augustan imperial imagery, with particular focus on the
Fascist incorporation of the “Augustus of Prima
Porta” and on the Mostra Augustea
della Romanità and how
they were used to establish parallels between
Augustus and Mussolini and between their respective empires.
For us in the twenty-first century, Fascist
appropriation of Augustan imagery has both negative and
positive connotations. Clearly, Fascism and
Mussolini manipulated history and controlled scholarship and
archaeology. The goal of extensive scholarly
study was clearly to honor the Fascist regime by highlighting
be partially buried and partially scattered in
various museums, while the Mausoleum of Augustus might
continue to serve — most inappropriately — as a
concert hall.
While Mussolini both appropriated and
misappropriated Augustus, we cannot deny that certain aspects of
the Fascist revival of
classical past
Darcie Hutchison,
Horace’s Interest in the Seasons: Beyond
the Carpe Diem Motif
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Though scholars have paid much attention to
Horace's metaphorical use of the seasons, they have focused less
thought on his descriptions of the seasons
themselves. In this paper I intend to conduct a careful reading of Odes
1.4,1.9 and 4.7 that will show that, regardless
of his metaphorical and symbolic uses of the seasons, Horace's
descriptions show a keen interest in the seasons
as natural phenomena, an interest revealed in his masterful and
concise descriptions of winter in these three
poems. In his poetry, the seasons are not merely tools to illuminate
other issues; Horace also displays a great
understanding of their manifestations and reveals a deep poetic
interest in them for their own sake. These three
major odes, with their focus on winter, are a good starting point
for analysis and provide excellent examples of
Horace's interest not just in using the seasons, but in the seasons
themselves. Although, as previous scholars have
emphasized, Horace may often focus on the changing of the
seasons, I contend that this technique, rather
than minimizing the role of each distinct season, provides vivid
contrasts to bring out their special
characteristics. Horace deals with the seasons not just as sophisticated
symbolism, but also as natural phenomena of beauty
and majesty , a perfect subject for the pen of a poet.
Nell Wright
Hearing the Dance of Death in Horace's Odes
I.4
Critics often comment on how the image of spring
in Horace 1.4 gives way to a darker image of death at line
13. I show how Horace's combination of iambic
and dactylic meters emphasizes this change of mood. I also
review the evidence from Ars poetica which shows
that Horace considered his meters carefully for their effect.
He always used meter appropriate to genre (A.P.
73ff e.g. lyric for Odes,hexameter for the didactic Satires and
Epistles). In 1.4 he used finer distinctions
within the sounds of the meters to create the idea of two different
dances, the dance of the Graces and the dance of
Death.
Scholars call the meter of 1.4 "
Archilochean". It is a lyric meter, made of a dactylic
section and two iambic sections. The poet is
allowed to exchange spondees (two longs) for the dactyl or iamb
(A.P.. 255 -258), which makes them the same
meter temporarily.
Next, I discuss the repetition of pede (lines 7
and 13). Pes (especially with Horace's
choice of two modifiers, aequus and alternus)
can refer to a dance step. In line 7, for the Graces dance, pede
comes in a dactylic phrase. In the second
instance, Death's dance in line 13, pede falls in the iambic part of the
line. In this meter you can hear Death's steady
knocking at every door. The heavy spondees joining the dactylic
section to the iambic signal the change of mood.
I conclude by reading Horace Odes 1.4 in Latin.
I hope the audience will listen for how
the meter supports the meaning. A handout will
show the poem in Latin, the poem scanned, my translation of
the poem and notes on the meters.
Elise M. Ramsey,
Plinv, Trajan, and the Christians Revisited
At the beginning of the 2nd Century A. D., Pliny
the Younger, governor in the Roman province of Bithynia
group. This epistle constitutes the earliest
known reference to the Christian movement by a Roman writer.
Trajan's reply to Pliny (Epistle X.97) provides
further information on the early Christians. These two letters
have been studied and examined over the years by
scholars with respect to the early forms of Christian worship,
Roman policies towards Christians, Roman legal
practices, early Christian persecutions, and the relationships
between contemporary Christians, Jews, and
Pagans.
Previously, no scholar has considered the
importance of Bithynia Pontus ' prior turbulent political history in
setting a context for understanding and
interpreting these .letters. A thorough examination of this history shows
that there were precedents that would justify
Roman officials fearing and distrusting any organized group in
Bithynia Pontus at this time. Pliny and Trajan's
correspondence and subsequent actions make perfect sense
when one considers these facts. This Christian
group was seen as a potential threat because of their group status,
rather than for their religious proclivities.
John Lawless,
Lions, Herakles, and the Murder of Innocents
Animal imagery is a conventional part of Greek
tragedy. In this paper I argue that Euripides' Herakles
consciously uses imagery of lions (and other
beasts) to suggest identification with the wild creatures. I propose
a tentative sociobiological explanation (cf. W.
Burkert's Creation of the
Sacred) for certain elements of
the plot.
Although much rationalized, Lykos' threat to
kill the family of Herakles parallels the behavior of wild animals.
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While Euripides was not a student of zoology,
these disturbing associations may provide a new perspective on
the play and on the nature of Herakles' madness.
Obvious connections between Herakles and lions
are his killing of the Nemean Lion and wearing of its skin. In
the play repeated allusions to these details
connect Herakles and his family with these beasts. Lion imagery in
other Euripidean plays, as well as in Aeschylus
and Homer, suggests that these associations are not gratuitous.
For example, Herakles' stalking and killing of
Lykos suggests a famous Homeric simile of a vengeful lion (Il.
18.318-22). His assimilation to a wild beast
becomes explicit when, in his madness, he roars like a beast. He is
later said to have "the raging spirit of a
wild lion" (1210-1212).
Even more interesting are the implications for
the plan to kill Herakles' children, which Lykos defends (165-69)
as a prudent policy to eliminate future
avengers. Many modern commentators accept such rationalizing
explanations at face value. However, similar
arguments, which appear in other plays and even as a rhetorical
trope (Ar. Rhet. 1395a16), actually
emphasize the bestial act. In the wild, lions and other creatures eliminate the
offspring of competitors as soon as they
establish themselves. Thus, this plot element also may be associated
with animal behavior. Herakles' madness may be
interpreted anew as a reversion to the brutal nature of the
animal with which he is so famously associated.
Edmund DeHoratius,
We Want You: A Proposed Model for
Recruiting New Latin Teachers
At a pre-conference workshop on National Latin
Teacher Recruitment Week (NLTRW) at ACL 2003, it was
suggested that pre-collegiate teachers be enlisted
to actively recruit new teachers from the ranks of college
undergraduate and graduate programs. These
teachers, it was proposed, would visit college classics departments
to encourage both undergraduate and graduate
students to consider pre-collegiate teaching as a viable option, to
provide practical information that will
facilitate the procurement of a pre-collegiate teaching position, and to
field questions that prospective teachers or classics
students might have about the profession. The present paper,
then, preferably in an hour-long concurrent
session (if possible), will introduce this initiative (as yet unnamed)
with the following goals: soliciting teacher
input about what information is most helpful for prospective
teachers; what mode of presentation might be
most effective; how the logistics of sending teachers to college
campuses might best be addressed; and any other
issues that the NLTRW pre-conference workshop might have
missed.
This initiative is an important step toward
broadening the focus of NLTRW. Its introduction at a regional
meeting, known for solid attendance and a
diversity of attendees, will stimulate discussion and development of
the idea so that it can be presented in a more
complete form to the national classics community at the 2004 ACL
Institute. It is essential to the success of
this program that as many classicists as possible have a hand in its
development; it is an initiative that advocates
close cooperation between pre-collegiate and college level
teachers and I aims at a greater understanding
of the different issues faced by classicists at all levels. It is hoped
that CANE 2004 will be the kick-off to that
process.
Elizabeth M. Greene,
MA candidate, Classical Archaeology
When Augustus came to sole power in
problems of the late republic stemmed from a
turning away from the gods and vowed to return Roman society
to a pious and morally upstanding state.
Augustus attempted to fulfill his goals of moral renewal with new laws
and a program of artistic and literary
propaganda. Although Augustus had many followers, it is clear that his
intentions were ignored, even mocked, by some of
his subjects. In his writings, primarily in his love poems,
Amores and Ars Amatoria, Ovid ridicules and disregards Augustus’ program
for moral renewal. Ovid
advertises his dislike of the current political
situation with careful word choice and sarcastic references to the
Augustan regime. Through an examination of Ovid’s
works and Augustus’ program of moral renewal, I will
argue that Ovid denies the agenda of the princeps and mocks his attempt to rejuvenate the state.
Nina C. Coppolino,
The Death of Lausus: Lucretian Intertext as
Propaganda Foil in Aeneid 10.802-32
Studies on the Aeneid have recognized Vergil’s
inversion or subversion of Lucretian imagery, themes, and
natural philosophy in order to present
paradoxically a divinely ordered world, expressed in the ultimate
founding and destiny of
also been suggested that Vergil was of a Lucretian
mind yet divided on the vindication of the meaning of
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history (Johnson 1976), and most recently that
he consciously spoke poetic fictions calculated to protect human
life and the hero Aeneas himself from the truth
of the godless and unordered Lucretian world (Adler 2003).
In his famous description of the death of
Lausus, Vergil retains not only Lucretian language (Merrill 1918) and
broad poetic and philosophic content, but he
also deliberately plays on and affirms ideas of specific passages.
An agitated Aeneas is engulfed in a storm of
weapons from the allies of Mezentius, and the headlong tempest is
compared to a natural storm; the onslaught is
described in terms of Lucretian atomic materialism. At his death
by Aeneas, the relevance of the loyalty of
Lausus to Mezentius is probed in Lucretian language and contexts of
contemporary decline and religion. Throughout
the passage, Vergil echoes the atomic cycle of growth and
decay (DRN 2.1164-1174), Lucretian
rebukes for false piety (5.1194-1203) and for the fear of death (3.931,
1045-1081), and wrongs committed in the name of
religion (1.84-101). In prelude and epilogue, Mezentius’s
responsibility is explored through Lucretian
parallels about pleasure and the prolongation of life (3.1076-81),
and natural parental bonds to offspring
(2.349-66). Aeneas handles the body of Lausus for burial (and later
implicitly the body of Mezentius), in a habit of
duty seen in the final struggle to bury the Athenians dead of the
plague (DRN 6.1247-48, 1280-86). Vergil
does not aim to subvert the random precariousness of philosophic
materialism for the implied foundation of Roman
future; instead he uses Lucretian allusions in a most Lucretian
way: to question the stability of achievement
and the effectiveness of devotion.
Dan Blanchard
The Fate of the XIV Gemina Legion: a Look at the Notitia Dignitatum, Vegetius and Marcellinus
By the reign of Honorius (393 A.D.) the XIV Gemina Martia Victrix had held the critical upper Danubian post
at Carnuntum (
capital and heart of Pannonia Superior, was
challenged by bloody and violent forays from the Marcomanni and
Goths. However, with the sack of
held. Carnuntum was abandoned. The fate of the
XIV Gemina is impossible to reconstruct solely from the
ambiguous archaeological evidence. Nonetheless,
some information about the ultimate fate of the legion can be
gleaned from the Notitia Dignitatum and the late Roman historians, Ammianus
Marcellinus and Vegetius.
The Gemina was listed in the Notitia Dignitatum as Praefectus Legionis Quartaedecimae Geminae Militum
Liburnariorum Cohorti…..Partis Superioris
Carnunto. The register does not
actually record what happened to
the legion after the sack of
sources is, however, ominous. Ammianus
Marcellinus describes Carnuntum in ruins, while Vegetius (writing
shortly after Ammianus) generally laments the
deterioration of the legions and lists the reasons for the decay.
Analysis of these sources suggests that the XIV Gemina did not meet a disastrous, heroic end, while fighting
against the Marcommani, Visigoths, or Huns. More
likely, this famous legion, which had been a witness to so
much of
seasonal federated armies composed of Germanic
levies and augmented by cavalry units than to maintain a
large standing army. As a result of this shift
in defense strategy, the XIV Gemina, along with the other
legions
of the comitatenses and limitanei, was permitted to fade into oblivion.
Mark Farmer,
Aeneas and Dido in Vergil's Aeneid Book IV: Epicurean Justice and a Legal Look
at Love
The scholarly trend has been to interpret
Vergil's Aeneid book IV and the relationship between Aeneas and
Dido
therein in terms of tragedy. In this paper I
propose a different reading, one based on the legal consequences of
crime (facta improborum) as explained in the concept of Epicurean justice in
an accusator, and
finally a iudex; also, by their own testimony, those accused
often implicate themselves. But if
they escape the detection of their fellow men,
they still fear the gods, and think that their deep feelings of
anxiety are sent by the immortals as punishment.
These very consequences, I argue, are present in book IV.
First, the Epicurean context fits well in book
IV, since scholars often characterize Dido and her court as
Epicurean. Second, concerning legal jurisdiction
away from
fount of all procedural law; as judge, he could
determine the issue, hear the evidence, pronounce judgment, and
see to its execution.
Book IV begins with Dido nearly succumbing to
her love for Aeneas (9-23), which she calls a culpa (19). But
she prays that if she does, may Jupiter drive (adigat, 25) her to the Underworld (the verb adigo in legal context
means to bring before a judge). Vergil himself
calls Dido’s actions with Aeneas in the cave a culpa (172).
Dido's earlier prayer now activates divine
retribution, and the consequences of this culpa quickly follow:
Personified Fama (173-74) with sermo (189) reach King Iarbas (197), the accusator who pleads his case in the
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form of a prayer before Jupiter, the iudex (198-219). Iarbas, whose speech fulfills the three aims of
forensic
oratory (conciliare, docere, movere), reproaches and accuses Jupiter himself, Dido, then Aeneas.
Jupiter as
judge hears the case, summons Mercury, then
executes his decision. The divine will is declared to Dido
through her ill-omened libations of darkened
water and bloody wine (454-55), which in turn produce in her
guilty-conscience dreams and deep anxiety (465
ff.).
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CANE Executive Board Minutes,
2003-2004
Classical Association of
Executive Committee
Minutes of the Meeting of September 20, 2003
Held at
Attending:
Nina Barclay, Alison Barker, Ruth Breindel,
Jacqui Carlon, Leanne Goulet, Gilbert Lawall, Arthur Leavitt,
Marion Lewis, Shirley Lowe, Donna Lyons,
Jeremiah Mead, Mark Pearsall, Emil Penarubia, Vincent Rosivach,
Ray Starr, Allen Ward, Heidi Wilson, Rosemary
Zurawel
President's Announcements:
Alison Barker thanked Ray Starr, the Immediate
Past President, for the excellent job he had done as
President. She also congratulated John Lawless
on the new format for NECJ. Alison reported that last May she
had visited Brooks School, site of the 2004, and
was pleased with th_ arrangements; she continues in contact
with Sally Morris, the local coordinator. She
also announced the New Hampshire Classics day for teachers
would be on the last Friday in September.
Executive Secretary's Announcements:
Vince Rosivach reminded the Executive Committee
that materials for meetings were sent out to be read
ahead of time not only to save time at the
meeting, but more importantly to give members time to familiarize
themselves with the agenda items before
discussion; this was why reports submitted too late to be mailed were
not distributed at the meeting itself, except in
extraordinary circumstances, but were held over for the next
meeting. He also announced that the next meeting
of the Executive Committee would be on February 21, 2004,
when the principal item of the agenda would be
the 2004-5 budget [Ray Starr subsequently informed the
Secretary that the Wellesley College Club would
be available for the meeting on that date.]
Approval of Previous Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting of March 20, 2003
were approved without object as circulated.
Committee Reports:
:
(Note: all committee reports were
circulated to the Executive Committee in advance of the
meeting. They and
all other materials circulated to the Committee will be published as Appendix A to the minutes of this meeting
on the CANE website.)
ACTFL Delegate: Approved as submitted. Shirley Lowe noted that
from ACTFL's point of view delegates
served three-year terms; although CANE elected
its delegate annually it should choose someone who would be
willing to be twice-reelected, to serve a
three-year term.
Educational Materials 2002-3 Financial
Report: Gil Lawall pointed out a
problem in formatting that could be
misleading. The problem will be corrected in the
version of the report published on the CANE website. Alison
Barker observed that Educational Materials
looked financially quite healthy. The report was approved as
submitted.
Educational Programs: Report approved as submitted.
Outreach Survey: In response to a question Rosemary Zurawel said
that questions 2-4 of the survey had been
opened-ended questions. Approved as submitted.
[Outreach remains on the "items pending."]
CANE Summer Institute 2003 Preliminary
Report: Allen Ward said that the
figures at the end of the report were
tentative: Ruth Breindel (Treasurer) had gotten
a list of charges from
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and at the moment he was disputing some of those
charges. Ruth said that no payment would be made until the
charges were settled. Allen expected that the
Institute will have made a profit of plusor-minus $1,000 depending
on how the charges were settled. The report was
approved as submitted.
Treasurer's Report: Ruth Breindel said that the second page of the
circulated report had been included by
computer error and should be disregarded [it
will not be included in the version published on the CANE
website]. The first page of the report was
approved as submitted.
Membership Committee: Approved as submitted.
CANE Summer Institute:
Because of the complexity of the issues involved
Vince Rosivach moved, as the Committee agreed, to
reorder the agenda to take up the CANE Summer
Institute (CSI) while everyone was still fresh.
CSI 2003
Vince Rosivach asked if there were reasons
beyond those identified in Allen Ward's report for the failure do
draw enough people for the full CSI program.
Jacqui Carlon said that the ACL meeting in
have draw off some people. She also said that
CSI had to recognize that its current market is not what it used to
be, that a great number of the faithful
attendees have now retired or will soon retire from teaching. The pool of
secondary-school teachers from which CSI would
like to draw is now substantially younger, and therefore faced
with problems like childcare and the cost of the
Institute. She suggested considering moving CSI to some place
that would be more accessible to commuters, and
shaping it to meet the needs of the young people now coming
into the profession.
Allen said that the Steering Committee had
thought of this last point. The proposed format will allow room
for courses for academic credit, and the
Steering Committee is starting to work on this; he mentioned a onecredit
course in Herodotos that looked fairly certain,
and added that the Institute would e contacting other
schools in
follow-up work. He added that the Steering
Committee had thought the hybrid format for the 2003 Institute
would attract more people, but this was clearly
not the case.
Ray Starr noted that there was a potential
market among non-Classics teachers. Allen said the program was
designed to appeal to teachers in social
studies, English, etc. In earlier years the Institute had involved more
different kinds of people, and the Institute was
trying to move back to there. In earlier years there used to be
direct mailing to teachers of English, art,
etc., but it was felt that the large size of the mailing didn't justify the
expense; perhaps more selective mailings to
these constituencies should be resumed without feeling that
everyone has to be blanketed.
Appointment of a New Director
On the recommendation of the CSI Steering
Committee Alison Harvey nominated Heidi Wilson for a
two-year term as CSI Director. She was elected
unanimously.
Plans for the Summer 2004 Institute
The CSI Steering Committee had met the previous
Saturday and made revisions to the original draft
proposal submitted by Allen Ward. The revised
report was distributed at this point, and it will appear in the
appendix to these minutes on the CANE website. Responding
to a question from Vince, Allen said that the
Steering Committee meeting the previous Saturday
had been attended by all of its members except Edward
Bradley, plus Phyllis Katz (to plan for
publicity), Heidi (director in waiting), and Alison Barker (CANE
President).
Rosemary Zurawel said that at the meeting the
Steering Committee had spent time discussing the impact of
the No Child Left Behind Act on secondary-school
teachers and that all had agreed on the need for credit
courses from accredited schools (CEUs will not
count); in order to attract teachers CSI must work on offering
courses for credit. Jacqui added that many
schools would not fund faculty continuing education unless it is for
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graduate credit, and she called attention to the
federal definition of "highly qualified teacher." Gil Lawall noted
that three credits would require a pretty
substantial project, which would require a greater commitment of time
on the part of faculty members. Allen envisaged
a "side arrangement" between individuals and a faculty
member's home institution, for which CANE would
not be responsible. Alison wondered if people could attend
the Institute over three years to get three
credits form Institute work alone. Allen thought this was possible.
Mark Pearsall noted that teachers' salaries were
often tied to credits earned.
Returning to the revised report, Alison asked
about the status of potential faculty not marked with an
asterisk in the report. Allen said that several
of these had already agreed to participate.
On the proposed budget, Ruth Breindel noted the
multiple possible fee schedules in the report, and asked
when a final decision would be made. Shirley
Lowe asked when CSI expected to hear about the grant that
figured in their calculations; Allen said that
there had been initial conversations, but could not go further until
the Executive Committee had agreed to the
Steering Committee's proposal for the 2004 Institute. There was
some discussion of the total number of
participants to plan for: Allen said that in the past CSI has tried to have
at least 70 people, and that 75-80 is not
unrealistic; budgeting for 65 would be conservative, adding that if the
Institute can not attract at least 65 people it
should be out of business. AlIen said that the Steering Committee
would decide on figures by the end of October.
The proposed date and topic of the 2004
Institute were approved without objection.
The Longer-Range Future of CSI
Vince Rosivach said that it should be clear to
all that if the 2004 CSI flopped this would be the end of CSI in
its present form, that there would be no
Institute for 2005 and that the Executive Committee will start again
from scratch, as if CSI had never existed, to
decide how best to meet the needs of outreach and professional
development. Alison Barker noted that
preliminary planning on the 2005 Institute should still begin before the
2004 Institute is held. Under the circumstances
it was agreed to move this discussion to the Items Pending list.
Shortcomings in the Present Governance
Arrangements for CSI
The Steering Committee's report recommended that
the Director be appointed no later than the March
Executive Meeting of the preceding year.
Heidi Wilson pointed out a conflict between
article VII of the By-Laws and section XX, no. 1 of the Manual
and urged that the broader language of the By-Laws be used in both. Vince Rosivach said that the
reference to
an eight-day program in the By-Laws should be dropped since CSI had not run for
eight days recently and is
unlikely to in the foreseeable future. He also
suggested dropping the reference to
1 to allow greater flexibility in the future.
In the Manual Allen Ward suggested it be
specified that the Director of a particular Institute would be
responsible for wrapping up that Institute's
business, even if his term were to overlap with that of the Director of
the next Institute.
Allen also recommended assigning duties a) and
b) of the On-Site Coordinator to the Host Institution
Liaison Officer, and duties a) and b) of the
Host Institution Liaison Officer to the On-Site Coordinator. He also
recommended that the language in no. 6 be
changed so that faculty and officers be paid by (rather than on)
August 1, that the Director's stipend be
"up to" $2,500, and that the second stipend be given to the On-Site
Coordinator, assuming that the duties were
changed as earlier suggested.
It was agreed that in no. 8 of the Manual the word "agreement" should be used in place of
"hiring."
Ruth Breindel said that she had to have the
faculty letters in time for her IRS report.
Vince Rosivach said that experience had shown
that it was unrealistic to expect a final financial report
by the September Executive Committee, and
suggested that this be changed to the February meeting.
It was agreed that in no. 11 the size of the
initial application deposit should not be specified. Rosemary
Zurawel suggested that requiring an initial
deposit, with 50% due by a certain date and the balance on
registration might be a better way of gauging
the health of the Institute; this was further elaborated that
participants would be asked on May 1 for a 50%
deposit by June 1.
John McVey suggested adding the Treasurer to the
Steering Committee since she had the final say on CSI's
financial arrangements.
Alison suggested spelling out a minimum schedule
for Steering Committee meetings (sometime in the
spring, to decide on a topic; at the conclusion
of the Institute, to draft preliminary plans for the following year's
Institute for submission to the Executive
Committee in September; and after the September Executive
Committee meeting, to adjust plans in light of
the Executive Committee decisions). Ruth Breindel objected that
the Executive Committee would not see the topic
until September, which would be too late for a change. Vince
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pointed out that if the new members of the
Steering Committee were only elected at the March Executive
Committee meeting, September would be the first
scheduled opportunity for the Executive Committee to
consider the topic. Jere Mead suggested that the
Executive Committee could get a report at its end-of-meeting
wrap-up session, but it was pointed out that
this would not allow the Steering Committee much time to
deliberate. Alison added that if the topic was
really bad the Executive Committee could cancel the Institute for
that year. Shirley Lowe said it would be nice if
the topic could be announced at the annual meeting; Allen said
that as soon as a topic was decided upon
participants could be e-mailed.
Ray Starr thought it was important to specify
that the Steering Committee must meet face-to-face, and
that e-mail consultation was inadequate.
Heidi Wilson suggested that a focus group should
be part of the regular CSI schedule, to elicit reaction
to planning already in progress.
Vince Rosivach agreed to write these various
suggestions up for a formal vote at the February Execu
tive Committee meeting.
Finnegan-Plante Grants
Several changes were recommended to the draft
submitted by the Membership Committee. The re
vised text incorporating those changes was
unanimously approved and is printed below.
The Finnegan-Plante Grants honor the memory of
Ms. Mary Finnegan and Sr. Jeannette Plante, longtime
members of CANE and faithful attendees at the
Association's Annual Meetings, who passed away in 2002.
The Finnegan-Plante Grants provide funds to CANE
members attending their first Annual Meeting, to help
defray the costs of attending. There are three
Grants of $150 each per year.
Only CANE members who are currently teaching
Latin at the pre-collegiate level and who are without
other sources of funding are eligible for these
Grants.
A brief description of these grants will be
included in the announcement of the Annual Meeting. Application
for Grants will be made directly to the
Executive Secretary. Applicants must plan on attending the full twoday
meeting.
Recipients will be chosen at random from all
applications submitted by February 1.
Recipients will be informed before the Annual
Meeting. The Grants themselves will be awarded and the
recipients will be publicly recognized at an
appropriate time during the Annual Meeting.
The first Finnegan-Plante Grants will be awarded
for the 2004 Annual Meeting. Funds from the Grants will
come from the CANE Endowment.
The Executive Secretary will be responsible for
the administration of the Finnegan-Plante Grant program.
The Executive Committee will review the funding
levels and usefulness of the Finnegan-Plante Grants at its
fall 2004 meeting.
Note: This text, as amended, will be included in
the CANE Manual.
Newsletter Editor in By-Laws
The previously circulated draft amendment to
section VI of the By-Laws was unanimously approved,
and will be brought to the general membership at
its March 2005 meeting.
Amendment Concerning emeritus Status
The Executive Committee had discussed this issue
at its last two meetings (see those minutes for arguments
pro and con). After brief discussion the
Executive Committee voted 19-1 to reverse its previous
recommendation and to leave the Constitution, Article III, Section 4 unchanged.
Professional Development
At last February's meeting the Executive
Committee discussed the question of Professional Development
and created an ad hoc committee, which it never
fully staffed. The Executive Committee now voted
unanimously to direct the President to appoint
additional members to this ad hoc committee so that it can
begin
its work. Ruth Breindel urged that in the case
of this and other committees special effort be made to open up
membership to new people who are not members of
the Executive Committee.
Classical Computing
Ray Starr explained that this committee had been
created in the early days of computing and had provided a
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real service at this time, but that it was no
longer needed. The Executive Committee voted unanimously to
recommend to the general membership amending
Article VIII, Sections 3 and 11 of the By-Laws and section G
of the Manual to removed references to
the Committee on Classical Computing. The amendment to the By-
Laws will be brought to the 2005 Annual Meeting.
Nina Barclay suggested that the CANE web site be
included under Publications in the By-Laws. Vince
Rosivach asked whether it was the sentiment of
the Executive Committee to have the webmaster/mistress sit on
the Executive Committee. Donna Lyons thought
that there might be some statutory limit on the size of the
Executive Committee, and further discussion was
put off until February while Vince checked this out.
Increase in Membership Fees
Ruth Breindel explained that with NECJ's new format we are barely breaking even on non-New
members, and that even with an increase CANE
would still be a bargain compared to other organizations.
Alison Barker asked if we need the money. Ruth
said that membership numbers were down, and that this was
something that we needed to watch since our
current membership was aging. Vince Rosivach urged that the
decision be postponed until the February budget:
between now and then the chair of the Finance Committee will
ask the officers and committee chairs for their
funding requests for the coming year; the Finance Committee
will then review these requests and draft a
budget, which the Executive Committee will vote on in February.
Vince suggested that it made more sense to
consider the dues increase when we have the draft budget in hand,
and can see whether or not current revenues are
sufficient. It was generally agreed to postpone discussion of the
increase to February.
Involving College Faculty with Local Latin
Teachers
Referring to his memo to the Executive
Committee, Gil Lawall said there were a lot of things he believed
college/university teachers could do to support
local Latin teachers, and perhaps some already do do. He added
that some of what he was suggesting might be
"pie in the sky" but he wanted to put the ideas out there and see
what others thought.
Allen Ward thought that this was something that
the APA should be doing, since it was the organization
most college teachers thought of as their
professional association. He also saw merit in a letter to college
departments suggesting they should be involved
with local Latin teacher. Donna Lyons suggested a workshop
or panel at the annual meeting that could
explore the possibilities.
Jacqui Carlon suggested that there should be a
point person at each university to link up with local Latin
teachers, something that some departments did
but others did not. She also suggested that the state
representatives might ask their members to get
back to their former professors to initiate contacts in that
direction as well. Nina Barclay pointed out,
however, that many teachers were trained outside of
Ruth Breindel pointed out that more than half
the college/university teachers on Gil Lawall's list were not even
members of CANE. Ray Starr said that
realistically efforts should be directed towards tenured rather than nontenured
college faculty.
Mark Pearsall related how he had taken his AP students
to UConn to see how Classics were taught on the
college level, and then had university people
come to his high school to see how things were done there. He said
what was needed was some way to break through
the attitude of graduate students that looks down on high
school teaching. Allen Ward there certainly was
a need to prepare more graduate students for high school
teaching. Mark said it was also a matter of
bridging the gulf between high schools and colleges.
Alison Barker thought that the annual meeting
provided a good opportunity for college and high school
teachers to meet. Though it would take some
time, she suggested getting more college teachers to become
members of CANE, then getting them to come to
annual meetings, then getting them further involved.
Jere Mead suggested that state organizations
could identify point persons on the high school level who could
work on organizational issues. Emil Penarubia
asked what was the purpose behind Gil's proposal. Ruth Breindel
cited as an example an issue that had come up
recently, high school teachers' access to college libraries. Shirley
added that it would be nice to have something in
place for teachers who move from other states.
Allen Ward observed that the CANE Summer
Institute does a lot to build relationships between secondary
and college faculty.
Gil thought that it would be useful to write to
college faculty who are currently CANE members urging
them to do whatever they can to create
relationships with secondary school teachers. Ray Starr and AlIen Ward
suggested sending each the names of high school
teachers in his/her area. Ruth Breindel volunteered the
Membership Committee to follow up on the ideas
raised in the discussion, and asked for further ideas bye-mail
and via the CANE listserv.
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Discontinuing printed Bulletin for Executive Committee
See the background materials. The Executive
Committee unanimously agreed to the proposal.
Later Fall Meeting
Vince Rosivach asked if meeting in October
rather than September would make more sense, to allow
committees to meet in September, since it seems
close to impossible for them to meet over the summer. Allen
Ward pointed out that many state organizations
have their meetings in October, and suggested that the fall
meeting be scheduled no later than the last
weekend in September.
Other Announcements and Business
Allen Ward inquired about the status of the
annual grant for CSI seed money. Vince Rosivach explained
that an advance (not a grant) had been made to
CSI several years ago for expenses, notably publicity, that come
up before tuition payments start come in; he
said that it had been a one-time advance, with the assumption that,
rather than being paid back, it would be used as
the advance for the next year, and similarly into the future.
Allen added that CSI was on line for repayment
of the CANE loan made to cover the losses of CSI 2001.
Ruth Breindel requested that she be sent copies
of the mailings lists used by different groups (state
organizations, CSI, etc.) so she could develop a
single unified list.
John McVey said that he would like to
communicate with the state representatives concerning CANE
scholarships, and requested that they send him
their current e-mail addresses.
Donna Lyons announced a new Emporium Romanum
project to create posters using photos made by
CANE members, and asked that those interested in
participating send her photos.
Jere Mead asked about including an announcement
of the Weincke Prize in the letters NELPS sent to school
superintendents. Vince Rosivach said that he had
already spoken with Ken Kitchell about this; Ken did not
thing it was a good idea, and added that the
announcement of the Prize would better be sent to school principals
rather than superintendents.
Jere Mead asked if we could get the CANE Annual
Meeting listed in CO; Jacqui Carlon said she would take
care of it. Mark Pearsall volunteered to do the
same for ACTFL.
Mark Pearsall mentioned that there was a problem
with national board certification in Latin in that not
enough teachers had applied to form a valid pool
to determine what are appropriate standards, and said that they
were now thinking of dropping the Latin-exam. He
added that there were scholarships available, and urged
people to get the word out. Shirley Lowe said
that once the first exam was given future exams would be given
on a rotating basis with other less commonly
taught languages. Alison Barker asked Mark to get information for
the Newsletter (Ruth
Breindel) and the CANE website (Ray Starr).
Respectfully submitted,
Vincent J. Rosivach Executive Secretary
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Classical Association of
Executive Committee
Minutes of the Meeting of February 21, 2004
held at
Attending: Nina Barclay, Alison Barker, Ruth
Breindel, Jacqui Carlon, Leanne Goulette, Gilbert Lawall, John
Lawless, Marion Lewis, Shirley Lowe, Donna
Lyons, Jeremiah Mead, Emil Penarubia, Vincent
Rosivach, Ray Starr, Allen Ward, Heidi Wilson
1. President’s Announcements:
Alison Barker reported that arrangements were
moving ahead for the Annual Meeting in March. There had
been a snafu with the bulk mailing of the flyer
announcing the meeting, but this had been covered nicely
announcements in Canens and NECJ (though again there had been problems with the
bulk mailing of Canens).
As of today there were 110 registrations, and
registrations were still coming in. Jacqui Carlon reported on the
terrific arrangements that had been made for
publishers’ exhibits; she noted that we had lost a few publishers
because of conflicts with other events, and
suggested that in the future we let the larger publishing houses know
as soon as we have a meeting place lined up.
2. Secretary’s Announcements
Vince Rosivach asked anyone who was aware of
members who had died recently to inform either him or
Alison, for memorials at the Annual Meeting. He
mentioned that the deadline for agenda items for the March
Executive Committee meeting was today. He also
mentioned that there had been some uncertainly about the
terms of office for the Editor of the Newsletter
and the Chair of the Membership Committee, and then after
consultation with Ruth Breindel they had agreed
that the term of the Newsletter Editor will end in 2005 and that
of the Chair of the Membership Committee will be
for four or five years, to be determined, ending in either
2005 or 2006. He also apologized that through an
oversight he had not included the sections dealing with the
Editor of the Newsletter in the proposed
amendments he had published in NECJ; these amendments will have to
be taken up at the 2005 business meeting
instead. Vince also called the members’ attention to the large number
of items pending, most awaiting committee
action, and suggested that the annual meeting would be an
opportune time for committees to meet; he noted
that the agenda for the March business meeting appeared to be
quite light, and that members would likely have
the opportunity to meet with their committees on Thursday
evening as well. Finally he reported that there
had been only one applicant this year for the Finnigan-Plante
grant.
3. Minutes
The minutes of the meeting of September 20, 2003
were approved as previously circulated.
4. Reports (note: all reports are printed in the attached
supplementary materials)
a. CEUs (held over from September)
unanimously accepted.
b. Curator of the Funds (held over from September) unanimously accepted.
c. Emporium Romanum (held over from September) unanimously accepted.
d. New England Latin Placement Service. Gil Lawall noted that both job openings and
now candidates’
summary résumés are available on line. Ruth
Breindel passed around an article dealing with the difficulty of
finding Latin teachers; there was general
agreement that these should be the concern of Classics-in-Curricula.
The report was unanimously accepted.
e. Emporium Romanum (February Report) unanimously accepted.
f. Membership Committee. Allen Ward wondered why there were so few responses. Shirley
Lowe suggested
that it may be a matter of fiscal cycles, that
the letter went out too late for schools to pay for this year’s
membership. Vince Rosivach pointed out that
letters will be sent out every year, reminding people of the value
of membership. Jacqui Carlon said that both
letters were wonderful. The report was unanimously accepted.
g. Curator of the Funds (February report). Donna noted that her term
ends in 2005, and a new Curator will be
needed at that time.
h. Phinney Scholarship. Nina Barclay reported that more recently Carl Lenhart had been
informed that his
Latin program will be funded. The question was
raised whether a Phinney grant could be reclaimed if a school
district reneged on its problem to support Greek
after the completion of the grant, and it was generally agreed
that there was nothing CANE could do in those
circumstances. The report was unanimously accepted.
i. Connecticut State Representative unanimously accepted.
j. CANE Summer Institute unanimously accepted.
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5a. CANE Budget for 2004-5 (attached)
Commenting on the previously circulated draft
budget Donna Lyons said that the Barlow Fund was in the form
of a certificate of deposit and a small checking
accounting, the latter used for purchasing bowls and engraving,
Since the amount was quite sufficient for the
award’s needs she encouraged people to donate to the endowment
fund instead. She explained that the budget’s
figure of $19 for memberships (instead of $25) was used to take
into account student memberships, second year
free for new members and other reductions from full
membership. Emporium money will now be treated
as income (helping to generate additional revenue to meet
IRS concerns (on which see below under Dues
Increase); CSI income is also treated as revenue for this purpose.
Donna explained that “reimbursements” paid for
delegates to attend meetings and also for Executive Committee
members to attend their meetings.
Answering a question from Vince Rosivach Donna
explained that the budget was balanced in terms of revenues
and expenses; the surplus which it showed was
essentially the funds carried over from the previous year’s fiscal
year. Surpluses in the endowments are put back
into endowments, but a surplus in the operating budget is
carried over into the following year. The budget
was unanimously adopted as submitted.
5b. CSI budget
Heidi Wilson informed the Executive Committee
that as of two weeks earlier there were twenty people
registered for the 2004 CSI (she had just
returned from a trip and could not give more recent figures). The
budget was accepted as submitted.
6a. Dues Increase
Ruth Breindel argued in favor of an increase on
three grounds: the journal was more expensive to produce in its
new format; our sister organizations had
recently increased their dues; and that we had to generate additional
non-endowment revenues to avoid problems with
the IRS, whose requirements allow a maximum of 1/3 of
income to come from endowment. Alison Barker
said that if we were to raise dues we would need projects to
spend the money on: how compelling is it, she
asked, to raise dues if you don’t have the need to spend it?
Vince Rosivach thought that if the various
committees all made recommendations for additional activities there
would be need of these funds since there is
nothing to spare in the operational budget.
John Lawless asked why not $28 instead of $30.
Ruth said it was easier to go with a round number. Vince
Rosivach pointed out that the same thing was
done when the present amount was set, with the anticipation that
there would be a running surplus for several
years that would then be available to fund a running deficit for a
few more years before another increase was
needed. In response to a question Vince said that any dues increase
has to be improved by the membership; since it
was too late to announce this before this March’s meeting it
would have to wait until the 2005 meeting, and
would take effect with the start of the next fiscal year that
summer.
Jacqui Carlon wondered if $4000 would be
adequate, or should we be looking for other sources of income as
well. Donna pointed out that there would also be
money from the Emporium, which will be treated as revenue.
Ruth Breindel said that the IRS looked at a
three-year running average, so we would have a warning if we had
to make more radical changes.
Ruth also pointed out that only regular
membership fee was being changed. The $15 fee for students would
remain the same, as would the policy of giving
new members their second year’s membership for free. The
Executive Committee voted unanimously to
recommend the dues increase to the members at the 2005 Business
Meeting.
6b. Manual Revisions Concerning CSI (see supplementary materials)
Vince Rosivach explained that at its previous
meeting the Executive Committee had reviewed the sections of
the Constitution, By-Laws and Manual referring
to CSI and recommended numerous changes. He had agreed to
write up these changes, and the business at hand
was to see how accurately what he had written conformed to
the Executive Committee’s wishes. The Executive
Committee agreed that he had done so except:
in the Manual, section 3 (Duties of the
Director), in paragraph d) replace “hires” with “appoints”; in
section 6 (Compensation of CSI Officers and
Faculty), third paragraph, replace “on September 1” with “after
September 1.” There was also some confusion with
the distribution of duties in sections 4 (Duties of the On-
Site Coordinator) and 5 (Duties of the Host
Institution Liaison officer); Allen Ward and Heidi Wilson agreed to
supply improved language after the lunch break.
Vince Rosivach pointed out that the final paragraph of section
13 would have to be changed to “all except the
Director” to conform to the By-Laws. At this point the
Executive Committee voted to approve all of the
changes in the draft provided by Vince, plus the changes to
sections 3 and 6 herein noted. All changes in
the Manual became immediately operative; the change to the By-
Laws, Article IV (Terms of Office and Procedures
of Section), Section 2, will be recommended to the
membership at the May 2005 meeting.
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7a. Budget Preparation Process
Vince Rosivach explained that there were two
different processes outlined in the Manual, and that the Executive
Committee should choose one or the other, or a
combination of both. He noted that the budget process was in
essence a planning process for what CANE will do
in the coming year. Donna said that at present we generally
follow the procedure described under the duties
of the Curator of Funds, and warned about making the process
overly formal less it discourage people from
participating in CANE. Vince spoke of the need for a broad
involvement of the committees in the budget
process, reviewing what they are doing and developing additional
projects; simply giving committees the same
amount they had been given the previous year does not encourage
new initiatives; money unspent by one committee
should be reallocated to another if it will spend it well. It was
agreed that the Finance Committee would be asked
to formulate a single budget preparation process to present
to the Executive Committee at its September
meeting.
7b. Renting the CANE Mailing List
Ruth Breindel explained that we do this now, but
that there are no guidelines in place. Alison said that
personally she was not thrilled with receiving
unsolicited mailings, but John Lawless said that there were others
who found them useful. Ruth and John agreed to
serve as a subcommittee to formulate a policy on this to be
included in the Manual. Ray Starr asked if the
CANE List-Serv could be included.
7c. CEUs
Donna Lyons reviewed the materials that had been
included with the agenda. She noted that providing
Connecticut CEUs was a service CANE provided for
its members. At the moment we can offer CEUs for
hourly activities where there is a control of
attendance (workshops vel sim.). She stressed the need to include
the CT CEU logo on all materials (programs,
flyers, etc.) for activities for which CEUs will be available; that
participants must complete an evaluation form
related to each activity (this is how we know they attended); and
that coordinator must receive and keep on file
the résumés of all presenters.
At then end of the lunch break Vince Rosivach
resigned as Executive Secretary.
Respectfully submitted,
Vince Rosivach
Post Lunch Notes
1. There was a brief discussion about accepting
Vince Rosivach’s resignation as Secretary. It was accepted and
we continued the meeting.
2. Emporium Romanum –
• Donna reported that the
Emporium usually at least breaks even and often makes money.
• She has revamped the
website with more up-to-date information re styles of shirts, postage, etc.
• After some discussion about
how a separate address/page would mesh with the CANE page, it was
agreed that Ray and Donna would address the
issue of “linking” the Emporium to the site.
• Donna will write about the
duties of the Emporium manager to be included in the Manual.
• Any other ideas for items
(Allen suggested a watch) would be greatly appreciated and should be sent to
Donna.
• There are now posters we
will sell, also.
3. Wiencke Award: Jere Mead reported
• There are concerns about
the number of nominations, since there are very few! He discussed the type
of publicity and where it appears (this year he
wrote to the heads of state organizations to solicit
nominations).
o piggyback on NELPS mailing
o tell dept chairmen about it
as a form of publicity for foreign languages
o Gil suggested adding to
state mailings
o John suggested using blank
space in NECJ, with picture of Matt Wiencke
o Shirley suggested state
language assoc newsletters
• This is for the “under the
radar” teacher who is wonderful but doesn’t get recognition.
4. Discussion of publicity in general grew out
of the above discussion
• Jacqui suggested buying
slides or funding for faculty members
• Alison suggested discussing
the scholarship committees in March
• Ruth suggested adding
members to the CANE-L; what would be the ramifications of doing this
(privacy, etc)? Put a check-off box on the
renewal form?
• Nina said perhaps the time
of year (near Xmas) is difficult – could we change deadlines?
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• Alison suggested an ad hoc
committee in Sept could draft something
5. Gil Lawall reported a Net Gain of 3.5 new
Latin teachers, and replacement of 26, with 89 new teachers
hired.
• He sends a form letter to
schools where Latin is in danger – perhaps this is a CIC issue; he plugs Latin
to the principals
• He also sends a form
letter, 2 sided, listing CANE and state orgs with names, addresses and emails
o Ruth suggested making part
of the membership comm work
o perhaps add a small present
(guilt…)
o this should go out at the
beginning of the year
6. Putting the president-elect in the by-laws
will be on the agenda for 2005 meeting (by-laws article III, section
I new paragraph (c)
There was discussion about who does what job
• John said the
president-elect doesn’t run the student paper – he does the writing contest;
the
student paper is the immediate past-president
• Allen said add “and other
executive duties from time to time”
7. New Business
a. Ray Starr suggested a resolution of thanks to
Vince Rosivach for his many services to CANE. It
passed unanimously.
b. Ruth brought up the problem of being
incorporated in VT. Phil Ambrose no longer wants his
address used (he’s away for a good part of the
year). After much discussion, Ruth agreed to handle this.
c. John asked people to keep an eye out for good
papers at the Annual Meeting so he can ask for them
for NECJ.
d. Ruth suggested the same for the CSI papers.
e. Donna had the template for the writing
contests and prizes.
f. Gil showed us Jere Meads new book on the
Fables of Phaedrus and the new reading for the Catullus
AP syllabus, as published by the CANE
instructional materials.
Classical Assocation of New England
Executive Committee Meeting
March 11, 2004
Brooks School, N. Andover, MA
Keating Room in the Wilder Dining Hall
Attending: Nina Barclay, Alison Barker, Ruth
Breindel, Jacqui Carlon, Leanne Goulette, Beth Gwozdz, Gilbert
Lawall, John Lawless, Marion Lewis, Shirley
Lowe, Donna Lyons, Jeremiah Mead, John McVey, Sally Morris,
Mark Pearsall, Emil Penarubia, Ray Starr, Allen
Ward, Heidi Wilson, Allan Wooley, & Rosemary Zurawel
The President, Alison Barker, called the meeting
to order at 4:05 P.M.
The President called upon Sally Morris, the
Local Coordinator, for her report. Sally reported that all was
ready; the registration desk was all set up with
all the folders ready for the attendees. There were 209 registered
as of noon (by Saturday there were 210
registered). She mentioned that the computers in the Faculty Room
were available to get on line, and that the Art
Gallery would be open on Friday at 5 PM for those who were
staying on campus before the banquet. On Allen
Ward's motion the Committee voted Sally their thanks.
The President called upon the Executive
Secretary to discuss the matter of Life Memberships left over
from a previous meeting, at which the desire had
been expressed to do away with its complicated formula. He
reported that the Life Membership was stipulated
in the Constitution and By Laws to be a graduated fee
determined by the number years of membership,
and that the Manual provided that the Secretary report on it
every Annual Meeting. He recommended that it be
kept at the current cost of $500 minus $1.00 for every year
of membership, and since the Manual is totally
under the control of the Executive Committee, that there be no
report at this meeting, with the understanding
that the Committee would decide in the next year whether to
change the Constitution on this point.
After the minutes for the meeting of February
21, 2004 were circulated, it was suggested that the minutes
be provisionally approved at this meeting, since
the minutes came in two sections by two hands, and the author
of the second half had not had a chance to
revise his submission because of computer failure. Thereupon the
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President asked for the provisional approval of
the minutes of the meeting of February 21, 2004. The motion
was made, seconded, and passed unanimously.
The President now asked for the approval of the
reports of the State Representatives. The report from
Connecticut had already been approved at the
February meeting; the reports of Massachusetts and Vermont had
been emailed to the committee members before the
meeting, and the reports of Maine and New Hampshire were
circulated at the meeting. Since there is no
representative for Rhode Island, there was no report; John Lawless
offered to try to find a representative. The
reports of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont
were all accepted after separate motions for
each.
The President now called on Jacqui Carlon for
her report from the Caucus of Regional Associations at the
annual meeting of the American Philological
Association (included below). There were two matters that Jacqui
wished to bring to the Committee's attention: 1)
insurance and 2) the travelling display. Regarding the
insurance she reported that some other
associations carry event insurance (liability and/or cancellation), and that
the APA also carries liability insurance for its
officers [Adam Blistein from the APA argues that this last is the
most important- ed.]. The President instructed
Jacqui and Heidi Wilson to investigate providers and costs for
CANE. Regarding the display she reported that
the Ken Kitchell is in charge of the APA plans to fund a
travelling dispay to tour New England as well as
the rest of the country. CANE would have no financial
obligation. In the discussion the salient point
was the need to have a malleable presentation that would fit
various venues and audiences. The President
appointed Allen Ward, Gil Lawall, and the State Representatives
to coordinate CANE's input. The motion to accept
the report was seconded and passed.
The President next asked Allen Ward to present
his report (included below) on the final financial
accounting for the CANE Summer Institute for
2002-3. The motion to accept it was seconded and carried
unanimously.
The next item on the agenda of old business was
a continuation of a topic from the February 21 meeting,
the oversight and interaction of CSI and CANE. A
motion was made by John Lawless that we proceed to
discuss this topic as a committee of the whole
without minutes. This was seconded and passed unanimously.
After a lengthy, open, and productive discussion
a motion to stand and report was made, seconded and passed.
At this point it was 6:00 PM and the Committee
paused for dinner;
The President reconvened the Committee at 6:36
PM.
The President called upon Mark Pearsall for his
report on National Board Certification. The applications
of those Latin teachers who had submitted their
materials will be scored, provided they all stay in the pool and
complete the process, but no more submissions
will be accepted this coming year and maybe never, unless the
Board can be convinced that there are enough to
make it feasible. Mark stressed that it is important to have
more applicants, because unless Latin is part of
the Certification languages, it will drop in status and this will
lessen its administrative support locally and
nationally, and will affect Latin teachers' perquisites and salary.
He pointed out that candidates were needed but
that the application process was onerous, including 400 hours
to develop a portfolio.
Under new business the President listed her
appointments as follows:
CSI Steering Committee:
1 year- Mary Ann Chaffee, Rosemary Zurawel
2 years- Ellen Perry, John Higgins
3 years- Ken Wheeling, Alison Harvey
On-site liaison- Edward Bradley
Rep. to Executive Committee- Alison Barker
Scholarship Committee Chair- Ed DeHoratius
Nominations Committee- Allen Ward, Deb Davies
Barlow-Beach Committee- Dennis Herer
Membership Committee 3 years- Kat Braden
Allen Ward noted that several of these had been
scholarship winners and that it was good to have them on
board.
The President called upon Ray Starr, the Chair
of the Nominating Committee to present his list of
nominees. He reported the following slate:
President-Elect: John McVey
Executive Secretary: Rosemary Zurawel
Member At Large: Katy Ganino
ACL delegate: Paul Properzio
ACL alternate: Deborah Rae Davies
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ACTFL delegate: Mark Pearsall
Auditors: Richard Clairmont and Paul Langford
NCLG delegate: pending
NECTFL delegate: pending
The President called upon the Executive
Secretary to discuss the next item which concerned the
dimensions of the job of the Secretary and the
possibility of a stipend. This subject was discussed briefly and it
was noted that in the days of the combined
Secretary-Treasurer there was a stipend of $500 which in some other
organizations has now grown to $2500. At one
time Life Membership was awarded to the Secretary-Treasurer-
Curator at the end of his/her term. It was
agreed that the subject was too large to be considered at this meeting
and that it should be considered by an ad hoc
committee in the future.
The President called on Ruth Breindel to discuss
the requirements for the job of editor of the newsletter.
She listed three:
a) proficiency with desktop publishing
b) access to a non-profit mailing permit and a
bulk mailing site
c) the ability to work quickly: turn-around time
is about 5
days for an issue and there are three a year.
The President called upon Ray Starr for the
report of the Discretionary Committee (included below). Ray
added that the committee believed that they
wanted to be inclusive and so set an open standard of educationally
valuable projects. He was submitting his report
also as a change for the Manual. He pointed out that they
hoped the change would encourage more
applications; there had only been two this year. A motion to accept
the report was seconded and then there was a
lengthy discussion: Jacqui Carlon suggested that it could be used
for summer programs to cover tuition. Ruth
Breindel argued that such grants should be done under the aegis of
the Scholarship Committee as in-US scholarships.
Shirley Lowe pointed out that the Discretionary Fund was
designated for materials to be used in the
classroom. Rosemary Zurawel seconded that as materials for the
benefit of students. Alison suggested that this
needed to be publicized and then the recipients needed to write
up reports for the Auxilia section of NECJ. Mark
Pearsall said that from his experience as the chair of the
Endowment Committee for ClassConn it was useful
to send out an application form with bullets of the things
that can be done; this increased their
applications substantially. He offered to send this form to Alison who will
be the new chair of the Committee of
Discretionary Grants. Jacqui Carlon asked how we could advertize the
availability of CANE monies for all these
things. Nina Barclay suggested using pictures of winners doing
things in class. Allen Ward suggested that we
should make a separate mailing for scholarships. John Lawless
pointed out that an insert in NECJ was free, and
the orange ones used last year were quite effective. Alison
indicated that Ed DeHoratius as the new chair of
the Scholarship Committee needed to be notified of this
discussion. At the end of the discussion the
motion carried and the President appointed Allen Ward to put
together a mailing brochure for the September
meeting. Gil Lawall and the State Reps were added to the
working group.
The President asked Jacqui Carlon to report on
the Writing Contest. She told the Committee that Rachel
Taylor of Milton High School in Massachusetts
was the winner. There had not been many applications and she
pointed out that the State Reps need to
publicize it more. She indicated that the theme for next year was
"Warriors and Peacemakers in the Ancient
World."
The President called upon John McVey for the
report of the Scholarship Committee (included below)
which he gave and then recommended that the
State Reps should keep talking up the scholarships. He added
that the CANE website had been very helpful in
advertising the scholarships and putting out the necessary
information. The winners for this year were:
the Coulter Scholarship: Katherine Ganino
the Endowment Scholarship: Marilee E. Osier
the Poggioli Award: Amy S. White
The President called upon the Senior
Representative At Large for the report on the winner of the Wiencke
award. Jere Mead indicated that the winner this
year was Sally Murphy of the Winsor High School. He
commented that he was going to write up the
duties of the Senior Representative with all the procedures and
timetables for his successor. It was suggested
that he had this write-up also to the Secretary to include in the
Manual.
The President called upon the Editor of CANE
Instructional Materials for his report (included below).
Jacqui Carlon and others commended the quality
of offerings, and the Editor of NECJ offered to publish a few
pages of a new offering as a promotion.
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Under Non-Agenda Items Allen Ward asked to be
recognized to report on this year's winner of the
Certification Scholarship who is Matthew Bennett
from Woodstock.
The question came up about the discussion of new
dues in the February meeting. The Secretary
commented that there was a requirement in the
Constitution or By Laws that a change in the amount of the dues
be voted by the membership at the Annual
Meeting, but none requiring prior written notification, but that it
would not be prudent to raise the dues without
some prior warning, especially since there seemed to be no
urgent need.
The President reminded the Committee of the need
to bring the seventeen published recommendations for
amending the Constitution and By Laws to the
membership for a vote at the Business Meeting.
The President recognised Jacqui Carlon, the President
Elect, who advised the Committee that she was
going to make it a very high priority to
completely revise the Manual; She asked all officers to write up new
entries for the manual and have them ready for
the September meeting.
At 7:40 PM the President accepted a motion to
adjourn, which was
seconded and carried unanimously.
Resp. subm.,
Allan Wooley, Acting Exec. Sec.
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Report of the MASSACHUSETTS STATE
REPRESENTATIVE
CAM 2003 Fall Meeting:
The Fall Meeting of the Classical Association of
Massachusetts took place in conjunction with the
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association
annual meeting at Sturbridge, MA on October 31 and November
1, 2003.
Friday's sessions included:
A New Catullus Reader (Kenneth Kitchell)
Women in the Latin Curriculum (Ruth Breindel)
Cultural Units for Middle School Students (Nancy
Shane)
Saturday's workshops included:
Roman Games and Gladiatorial Games (Jacqui
Carlon)
Cambridge Latin Course (Norah Jones, Fiona
Kelly, John Perry)
Latin Across the Curriculum (Douglas Ryan).
Classics in the News:
The Boston Globe ran an article entitled "A
Classic Comeback" on January 24, 2004, about the
shortage of Latin teachers across Massachusetts.
The article highlighted the hiring of new teacher Liza Ann
Riolo at Arlington HS. Professor Kenneth
Kitchell of UMass Amherst was also interviewed.
Certamen and JCL:
A Catapult Contest on November 8, was held at
Belchertown HS in conjunction with the PVCA's
(Pioneer Valley Classical Assoc.) annual
Classics Day. There were 3 categories of catapult:
* Ballistae (shooting 1-pound arrows);
* Catapulta (shooting 8-pound spheres);
* Marshmallow (shooting marshmallows).
MassJCL's Classics Day, on Dec. 1, was held at
Boston University. The theme was "In the World of Ovid," and
each participant attended 2 workshops. There
were 21 workshops in all, most of which had professors as
presenters.
There have been several Certamen scrimmages,
including those at Boston Latin
Academy and Boston Latin School. A new
Scrimmage, hosted by the Harvard
Classical Club, was inaugurated this year. It is
not technically a MassJCL
event but the invitees were those schools who
have been MassJCL schools over
the past few years.
On March 13 the annual Certamen Preliminary
Contest will be held at Quabbin
Reg. HS to determine the teams eligible to
compete in the Final Certamen Contest held at the State Convention.
On April 30 - May 1 the MA JCL State Convention
will be held at UMass Amherst. This will be the third year
for the two-day format. The convention will
include written academic tests, state certamen finals, oral academic
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finals, olympika, spirit games, performing arts
and creative contests, arts and handicrafts contests, athletic
events (track/field and swimming), graphic arts
competition, a chariot race, a new variety show for
entertainment, a dance, elections of new state
officers and a Toga Pledge Parade.
Delegates will be able to win ribbons for
individual events and trophies for overall categories. The Janet
Rajotte Trophy will be awarded to the chapter
with the highest participation points. State chairs are Tamara
Bauer (Pierce Middle School in Milton), Janet
Fillion (Boston Latin Academy), and Marjorie Keeley (Mt.
Greylock Regional Schools in Williamstown).
On July 25-31 a delegation of approximately 50
people will attend the National JCL annual convention in
Richmond VA.
Respectfully submitted,
C. Emil Penarubia
THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND
MASSACHUSETTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE: C. EMIL
PENARUBIA
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REPORT OF THE MAINE STATE REPRESENTATIVE
I. Spring Meeting- Sat. May 3 -- " Docendo
Discimus: Expanding Our Strategies" at Freeport High School,
Freeport, ME. Speakers were Tom Hayward, Bates
College: -- "How Do They Get It? Reading Latin versus
Decoding"
Jill Crooker, New York State Educ. Dept. and
Kate Rabiteau, Educational testing Service: "Using Authentic
Literature in the Classroom: A hands-pon
experience writing multiple-choice questions for a passage of
authentic Latin literature (adapted)
Business meeting and elections: Marilee Osier,
Pres., Robin Colby, V-P, all others re-elected for another
term
Introduction of ew classics colloquia website
developed un-officially by Bill Glennon
Maine Junior Classical League teachers were
invited to join a revision session for certamen questions for
spring convention
2. August 2003 Executive Meeting :final plans
laid for fall meeting at Bates College
3. Fall Meeting: Oct. 4, 2003 at bates College.
Keynote speaker was Kenneth kitchell, ACL President: " A
Hundred and One Uses for a Dead
Hedgehog...Stalking Wild Antiquity". Second speaker was Margaret Imber,
Bates College: Blood on the Sand" --
gladiators and hunters. Panel discussion focused on "Who is Going to
Take My Place? -- The Future of Latin
teaching" -- panel included Ken Kitchell, Peter Aicher USM Michelle
Tucci, Portland HS, and Seth Knowles, first-year
teacher at Bonney Eagle HS, Standish, ME
Business meeting followed.: CANE essay, new CANE
Rep= Beth Gwozdz :), National Teacher recruitment
Week and Teacher Exchange month (March). Meg
Cook reported on HOUSSE (new state recertification
policies based on No Child Left behind Act.
Aeneid books selling well -- only 33 remaining ( thanks to
advertisement in Canens newsletter and to Jill
Crokker's sales at New York assemblages)
4 Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2003 -- MCA Teacher
Workshop on Maine Learning Results and Comprehensive
Assessment System.-- discussion and exchange of
materials and report forms. 6 teachers in attendance.
materials were also sent to other teachers upon
request. ( Requests have been made for another such session in
the next year.)
5. Jan. 26, 2004 -- Executive Meeting at Tom's
house, Lewiston. Finalized spring meeting -- May 1, 2004 at
Winthrop HS -- Presenters will be Lois Hinckley
" Teaching Myth" and Tony Payne, Fulbright teacher from
England currently at westbrook HS, Westbrook,
ME. Another session of Maine JCL Certamen question writing
to follow business meeting.
MAINE JCL EVENTS:
Fall convention at Hampden Academy with the
largest attendance ever - close to 500 students from 12 schools.
Amelia Potvin, a Hampden Acad. senior and
National JCL secretary for 2003-04 was also attending.
NATIONAL JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE CONVENTION 2003
41 total Maine student delegates, 5 teachers and
7 chaperones braved the extreme heat and humidity in order to
attend the 50th annual National Junior Classical
League Convention, held July 29-August 3 at Trinity
University, San Antonio, Texas. The Maine
students represented Sacopee Valley HS, Hampden Academy,
John Bapst Memorial HS, and Winthrop HS. Maine
received the following state awards: 1st - soccer , 1st -
Boys relay, 2nd state publications (Dan LoPotro,
editor), 2nd - Girls relay, 2 nd - coed relay. The state
delegation was also delighted to have one of
their delegates, Miss Amelia Potvin of Hampden Academy, elected
to the office of 2003-04 National JCL secretary
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March Certamen Tournament - March 26 at Portland
HS
Spring State Convention - May 17-18 at Camp
Mechuwana in Winthrop, ME. An assemblage of 300+
delegates is expected for a day 1/2 of
academics, Olympika, graphics arts, costume contest, sight Latin reading
contest, certamen, assemblies, elections, etc.
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REPORT OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CLASSICAL
ASSOCIATION
The New Hampshire Classical Association held its
Classics Day for
Teachers and annual meeting at Southern New
Hampshire University on
September 26, 2003. The program theme was
"Ancient Archeological
Crossroads" with presntations by Dr. David
George of Saint Anselm College
and Rabun Taylor, Assistant Professor of the
History of Art and Archaeology at Harvard University.
At the annual business meeting elections for the
Executive Board were as follows:
Selma Naccach-Hoff, President;
Flora Sapsin, President-Elect,
Dr. Richard Desrosiers, secretary;
Carol O'Leary, Treasurer;
Marion Lewis, Rpresentative to C.A.N.E..
At the October 25, 2003, meeting of the
Executive Board plans were made for the student NHCA exams,
Classics Day for Students and for the March 20,
2004, Executive Board meeting for organizing mailings for
Classics Day and the exams.
Classics Day for Students will be held on May
14, 2004, at Saint Anslem College. "A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum" will be
performed and followed by a certamen of six pre-registered teams
from participating N.H. high schools.
The CANE Writing Contest this year had only
three participating high schools. The first place paper was
submitted by Sarah Smallwood, a pupil of Cheryl
Grimes at Dover High School. The second place entry was
by Jennifer Couture of Dover High School and the
third place was by Andrew McKernan, a pupil of Kathleen
Braden at Bow High School.
The date for Classics Day for Teachers is set
for September 24, 2004,
at Southern New Hampshire University with a
theme on Olympics in Greek Art.
submitted by Marion Lewis
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Vermont Classical Language Association
Report
February, 2004
* The VCLA Annual Meeting Held on October 24,
2003 at Burlington High School in Burlington, VT.
President Cliff Timpson (Bellows Free Academy -
St. Albans, VT) and Vice-President Noralee Cartier
(Burlington High School) organized the program
of Roman Food for Thought.
Cliff Timpson and Robert Rodgers (UVM) were the
main presenters followed by an exchange of thoughts,
ideas and materials by various teachers and
professors. The group worked on creating Standards-based units
and worked on incorporating the five goals of
the Standards for Classical Learning into our everyday
curriculum planning.
o The CANE Report and Treasurer's Report were
presented during the business meeting.
Donna Merriam (Lamoille Valley U.H.S.) stepped
down as Treasurer after many dedicated years of service.
Annual dues for the VCLA were raised from $5.00
to $10.00.
* The new officers for VCLA are:
President and Co-Program Chair: Noralee Cartier
(nuala@hotmail.com.)
Vice-President and Co-Program Chair: Karen Budde
(latin@sover.net.)
Treasurer: Barbara Saylor-Rodgers
(Barbara.Rodgers@uvm.edu)
CANE Representative: Leanne Goulette
(leanne@cvuhs.org.)
* The 28th Annual Latin Day Materials have been
sent out to VT High Schools for this year's celebration.
Latin Day will be held at UVM on April 2, 2004.
The theme this year is Greek Tragedy in the
Roman Perspective.
The students of participating schools will
choose to work with authors such as Sophocles and Euripides for their
skits as well as extend the theme for their
projects.
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Professor Philip Ambrose will be presiding.
Other News:
VCLA in connection with UVM is moving online.
This year mailings have been continued, but for the faster
and more up-to-speed means of getting the
information out to the state's schools, UVM is putting all VCLA
related materials on the web. This has provided
teachers with a timely manner of staying connected. Much
thanks to the folks at UVM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Leanne Goulette
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Caucus of North American Classics
Associations
January 4, 2004
Report to the Executive Committee of CANE
Present were representatives from: APA, ACL,
Classical Association of Canada, CANE, CAAS, CAMWS,
CAPN, California Classical Associations (North
and South)
Topics Discussed
Interaction of the APA with other associations
National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week
Insurance Coverage
As the meeting commenced, Adam Blistein
highlighted the ongoing interest of the APA in maintaining and
strengthening its relationship with other
regional and national Classics organizations. In regard to the APA's
commitment to outreach, he mentioned the APA
speaker's bureau, which can be accessed through the APA
website (apaclassics.org) and the APA's new
publication Amphora, which is aimed at a broader audience than
its purely scholarly publications. The
discussion then moved quickly to the nationwide issue of Latin teacher
recruitment.
After a brief discussion of National Latin
Teacher Recruitment Week - set aside again in March this year for
classicists across the country to address this
pressing need (March 1-5, 2004 - see website:
http://www.promotelatin.org/nltrw.htm), Ken
Kitchell proposed that the APA set up and fund a display that
details the existence and activities of regional
and national classics organizations. Such a display would travel
to non-Classics venues like meetings of school
administrators, thus creating a heightened awareness that there
are avenues through which the issues of
initiating, staffing and maintaining Latin (and Greek) programs may be
addressed. Much discussion ensued, and most of
the representatives present were strongly in favor of pursuing
this idea. Regional organizations would need to
determine what information they wished to be included
regarding their structure, resources,
activities, etc.
As the meeting drew to a close the question of
what kinds of insurance coverage the associations present
generally carry was addressed. Most only carry
event insurance for their large meetings. In addition CAAS
carries liability insurance for the editorial
staff of CW. In addition, the APA itself carries liability insurance that
bonds its officers and provides coverage for
adjudication by its Professional Matters and Ethics Committee.
Specialty brokers used by our fellow organizations
for these types of insurance include Seabury & Smith and
AON.
Respectfully submitted,
Jacqueline M. Carlon
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FINAL FINANCIAL SUMMARY CSI 2003
Income: Expenses: Surplus:
$1,055.66 $14,659.00 Fees 500.00 Subventions
from Dartmouth $1,288.48 Publicity
15,159.00 Total 29.86 Misc. Postage
2,777.61 Dinners and Receptions
3,500.00 Honoraria Paid
1,171.54 Lunches (Dartmouth)
3,432.00 Room Fees
408.00 Parking
1,000.00 Director and On-Site Coordinator
$14,103.34 Total
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Report on National Certification by Mark
Pearsall
I will report, at Alison's request, on the
current state of affairs of the National Board Certification. I have
written up any thing formal yet but the crux of
it is that they have frozen the certificate at this time. No further
applications will be expected and they have not
yet decided whether thay can score the ones they have because
there are less than the 50 minimum which they
wanted. A committee was scheduled to meet to discuss this but
I don't yet know the outcome. The bigger
question for us is whether or not they will ever offer the certificate in
Latin again. That is the question they will need
to face after the scoring question. The person with whom I
spoke indicated that they could be swayed by
requests from interested candidates who called or emailed them
and encouraged them to re-offer it. So it is up
to classical organizations to make their voices heard.
A Brief Report from the Executive Committee
and Annual Meeting
March 13, 2004
Brooks School
At the meeting of the Executive Committee on
Thursday Jacqui Carlon
reported two items from the Caucus of the
American Philological
Association for the the Committee's
consideration. First, some other classical
associations carry event insurance (liability
and cancellation), and
the APA also carries liability insurance for its
officers. The
President instructed Jacqui and Heidi Wilson to
investigate providers and
costs for CANE. Secondly, the APA plans to fund
a travelling display to tour
Allen Ward, Gil Lawall, and the State
Representatives to coordinate
CANE's input.
The Committee had a lengthy, open, and
productive discussion
about the CANE Summer Institute, its relation to
CANE, and its
management.
Ray Starr reported for his committee on the new
procedures and
dates for applying for discretionary grant. The
purpose of the changes
is to increase and streamline applications. A
lengthy discussion
followed this report; it focused on the need to
publicize all the
various monetary awards that CANE gives. Several
approaches emerged: to
continue to advertise through the state reps, in
our publications, and on
the website, but also to mail out a brochure in
November, perhaps with a
picture or two that show the use of grants.
After Gil Lawall's report on new Instructional
Materials several
members commended the quality of offerings, and
the Editor of NECJ
offered to publish a few pages of a new offering
as a promotion.
Finally Jacqui Carlon as President Elect
announced that she
wanted the Committee to undertake a thorough
revision of the Manual to
provide more specific information for new
officers.
At the Annual Business meeting the attending
members of the Association
elected among other officers John McVey as the
new President Elect and
Rosemary Zurawel as the new Executive Secretary.
They also voted to make
17 amendments to the Constitution and ByLaws
that were generally
editorial in nature. The Association received an
invitation to meet next
year at