Announcements/Annonces

1984 ONTARIO CLASSICS TEACHERS SEMINAl< 209 Grade 13 will thus simply vanish into the traditional Tory blue yonder. It will not have been killed: it will cease to be. In the current old system, some students seemed willing to spend 4 out of 24 optional credits (out of a total of 33 over 5 years, for university entrance) on a Latin program. Can Latin survive OSIS? Already appeals have been entered. Probably no changes will be allowed in the new edifice for at least 3 or 4 years. But we remember that no program issued by our Ministry has remained unchanged for long. Classicists have begun to fit other arrows to their bow. C. W. JEFFERYS SECONDARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES E. J. BARNES CAC/SCEC UNDERGRADUATE COMPETITION IN LATIN-ENGLISH/FRENCH SIGHT TRANSLATION, NOVEMBER 1984 Results First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Fourth Prize Fifth Prize Mark Murray, Universite Laval Malcolm Wilson, University of Western Ontario Rafael Newman, University of Toronto Catherine Sensal, Universite Laval Margaret Erskine, University of Toronto The passage set was Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 2.25. Thanks are due to the judge, Prof. Howard Jones (McMaster University), who reports as follows: "0f the fifty-five entrants (48 in English, 7 in French) about one-half found the passage beyond their powers. The remaining entries ranged from competent to very good. The five winning entries were clearly superior in terms of both accuracy of translation and fluency of style. In the first sentence si qua nocturna transitio proditiove fieri posset eluded all but a few entrants, as did the meaning of quoad insequi pedes potuit in the middle of the passage and Inde paulum recreatus egens miles near the end. II Robert L. Fowler (Organiser) University of Waterloo 210 ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES UN IVERSITY OF ALBERTA ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL IN S. ITALY: CLASSICS 475 - PRACTICAL METHODS IN CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY The archaeological area of Roccagloriosa in Western Lucania, with impressive remains of the fourth/third centuries B. C., is situated ca. 30 miles SE of Paestum on a plateau overlooking a broad sweep of the Tyrrhenian coast. Excavations in the late 70 1 s, carried out on behalf of the Italian Department of Antiquities, have explored the massive fortication wall, enclosing the upper part of the settlement, and uncovered a major undisturbed burial ground which provides, with its rich grave goods, a vivid picture of the degree of hellenization of the Lucanians. Recent work undertaken by the Department of Classics of the University of Alberta, and made possible by the financial support of SSH RCC, has focussed on the systematic exploration of the settlement areas in order to gather information on different aspects of the organization of the native community in the period immediately preceding the Romanization of the region. Continuation of work for next summer will entail excavations in the two major habitation areas, respectively inside and outside the fortication wall, partially explored in recent seasons. The summer school programme, arranged in conjunction with the dig, will offer students an introduction to the techniques of field archaeology and is organized as a six-week course in the months of June and July. Participants will be trained in a range of archaeological skills which will include field survey, excavation of archaeological layers, recovery of faunal and botanical remains, techniques of conservation, processing and recording of finds. These different aspects of field archaeology will be taught by members of the excavation staff. Students are expected to work at the site six hours a day, generally from Monday to Friday. Weekend trips will be arranged to places of historical and archaeological interest, including Cumae, Naples, Pompeii, Paestum, Sybaris and Metapontum. Inexpensive accommodation will be arranged for the participants in the village of Roccagloriosa. For further details please write to: Dr. M. Gualtieri, Department of Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6G 2E5. ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES GEORGIA CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION PLACEMENT SERVICE 211 Persons seeking high school Latin teaching positions in Georgia and Georgia schools anticipating openings for Latin teachers should contact Dr. R. A. LaFleur, Director, GCA Placement Service, Dept. of Classics, Park Hall, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (404-542-1261). Candidates seeking a position in Georgia should send a resume, together with a $5 fee to help defray postage and copying expenses; the resume will be distributed to all schools in the state that have announced vacancies. School administrators are asked to notify the service of any anticipated openings, providing details of the position together with the name, address, and phone number of the person prospective candidates should contact; position notices will be circulated to all registered candidates and Classics, foreign language, and language education departments in the state's colleges and universities that have Latin programs. THE KAVOUSI PROJECT ON CRETE A Canadian team is being formed under the direction of Prof. Richard Sullivan to join this Project, which has been supported by the National Geographic Society under the auspices of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. We expect to work five seasons. Students in Classical Archaeology who wish to volunteer should immediately phone Professor Sullivan at (604) 921-8676. TLG TAPES AT TRENT UNIVERSITY The Department of Classical Studies at Trent University is in the process of acquiring TLG tapes of all classical authors and many related post-classical authors (about one half of all tapes available), and the software developed by Harvard University. It will be using the university's VAX 11/780 computer from the department's Human Design Systems "Concept AVT" terminal. I t is hoped to begin using these resources by early summer, 1985. Enquiries should be directed to K. H. Kinzl, Chairman, Department of Classical Studies, Trent University, P.O. Box 4800, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 788. ...