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| AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS |
ROME/ATHENS SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS:
This is a special opportunity for Club members to win scholarships of
$4,500
toward the cost of study in the summer session of the American Academy
in Rome or the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. All
members
in the third consecutive year of paid membership in the Club are
eligible
to apply for the award, although preference will be given to secondary
school teachers and graduate students. Interested individuals should
obtain applications from the Academy or
School, complete them, and send copies of all application materials by
March 15 to Dr. Ethyle R. Wolfe, 360 West 22nd Street, #15E, New York,
NY 10011. For more information about the summer programs,
application procedures, and deadlines, consult the websites of the
respective
schools:
American Academy
in Rome, American School of
Classical
Studies at Athens.
PHYLLIS WINQUIST TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDS: These awards are
bestowed by the NYCC in honor of a master teacher, Phyllis Winquist, to
support candidates who are taking courses to acquire or improve skills
in teaching Latin or Ancient Greek in grades 7-12. Candidates must be
paid members of the NYCC at the time of applying and during the twelve
months of the funded period. They must either be teaching Classics in
grades 7-12 or show clear indication of doing so in the near future.
All application materials must be postmarked by March 1 and mailed
directly to Dr. Catherine Torigian, Apt, 191 31st street,
Brooklyn, NY 11232. Please contact Dr. Torigan
for more information and an application for the scholarship ( (Ctorigian@browning.edu). )
COMPETITIONS:
INFORMATION FOR SPRING 2008
CONTESTS!!
Every spring, the Club sponsors three contests to encourage and reward
the study of Latin and Greek.
- High School Sight Translation: Students from
metropolitan
high schools
compete in five divisions of Latin sight translations, each of which
carries
prizes of $100, $75, and $50. The contest will take place on
Thursday, April 3rd, at The Browning School, 52 East 62nd Street
between Park and Madison. Students should arrive between 3:20 and
3:40 (They or their teachers should
also email Dr. Torigian before showing up) There are
five contest divisions:
I = Latin I, Caesar
II = Latin II, Cicero III =
Latin III,
Ovid IV =
Latin IV, Vergil V =
Advanced, Horace and Catullus
If you have any
questions, contact Dr.
Catherine
Torigian,
The Browning School. ( 212-838-6280 Ext. 111)
- College Sight Translation: The New York Classical Club
undergraduate Greek and Latin translation examinations will be held
Friday April 18th, 2008, between 1:30 and 5:00 p.m., in the seminar
room of the classics department of New York University, 100 Washington
Square East, room 503 (enter from either Waverly Place or Washington
Place). The Greek exam will be given from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; the
Latin from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Click
here for a *pdf file giving more detailed information. For further
details contact David Sider (212-992-9515) or email him
at david.sider@nyu.edu.
- Oral Reading Contests: Competitions in the oral reading
of
Latin
and Greek are also held, open to high school students, undergraduates
and
graduate students. There are prizes of $250, $150, and $75 awarded for
each language. The contest will be held on Saturday April 5th,
2008. at 2:00 pm, at 602 Hamilton Hall, Columbia
University (Main Campus Entrance on east side of Broadway and 116 St). CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING
WHAT PASSAGES WILL BE INCLUDED. Please contact Dr. Stephen
Daitz (sgdaitz@aol.com)
for further details or to enter the contest.
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