Published by Eta Sigma Phi Volume 82 Winter 2008 Number 1 In This Issue Louis Feldman, Advisor of Gamma Delta 2 ETA SIGMA PHI: Statement of Purpose and Benefits of Membership Chapter for 52 Years and Counting! 2 About NUNTIUS 2 2007–2008 National Officers, Members of the Eta Sigma Phi chapters owe a great deal to Board of Trustees, Committee Members their faculty advisors who dedicate much 2 Lifetime subscriptions to NUNTIUS time and energy to the organization. Advi- 3 2008 Eta Sigma Phi National Convention sors especially provide continuity to chap- 4 Call for Bids for the 2009 Convention ters, whose student members graduate and 5 “The Eternal City” by David A. Collier move on in their careers. Gamma Delta 7 “‘Cold Pastoral’ in the Blistering Heat: The American School of Classical Studies at chapter at Yeshiva University has been Athens” by Jason Pedicone fortunate to have had the same advisor for 11 “In Search of Bella Figura on the Bay of the past 52 years, probably a record for the Naples” by Mackenzie Zalin society. This issue of NUNTIUS is dedi- 14 ACL Katrina Relief Report cated to this advisor, Dr. Louis Feldman, 14 Archaeology Challenge for Chapters Continues: List of Donors for his many years of service to Gamma 14 Eta Sigma Phi at CAAS’s Centennial Meeting Delta chapter and to Eta Sigma Phi. 15 “A Summer Journey to ‘the Other Athens’” by Gamma Delta at Yeshiva University Erin Davis-Valdez was founded on April 28, 1952. Its first 16 Vergilian Society Summer Tours 2008 adviser was Prof. Bernhard Floch, who had 18 ACL Summer Institute 2008 received his doctorate in classics from the 19 “Fifty Years and Still Going University of Vienna. Upon his retirement Strong — Professor Louis Feldman at Yeshiva University: A Personal Tribute” by Jay in 1956 Prof. Louis Feldman, who received Dr. Louis Feldman Braverman his Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Har- (undated, courtesy of Louis Feldman) 22 Teach Latin! vard, succeeded him. In 1981 Prof. Feld- 23 National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week man received an award from the American (NLTRW) 2008 Philological Association for excellence in sang some of these Latin translations at 24 CAMWS-SS 2008 Call for Papers teaching the classics. Prof. Feldman is the the national convention at Dickinson 25 Initiates January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 author of twelve books, including Jew and College in 2000. 26 Eta Sigma Phi Bernice L. Fox Latin Teacher Gentile in the Ancient World (Princeton Last year Jonathan Kandelshein trans- Training Scholarship University Press, 1993) and Josephus’s Inter- lated Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address into 31 Ubi Sunt Alumni Nostri? pretation of the Bible (University of Califor- Latin. Others have translated into Latin 31 Want to place an ad? nia Press, 1998). His most recent book is the Fuhrman Tapes from the O. J. Simpson 31 Photos Wanted for NUNTIUS Judaism and Hellenism Reconsidered (E. J. trial, a defense of Catiline, Shakespeare’s 32 Lists of New Chapters and Reactivated Brill, 2006). He was awarded a medal for Merry Wives of Windsor (Act. 4, Scene Chapters excellence in textual studies in 2003 by the 1), a passage from the Talmud (Sanhedrin 32 2006–2007 Membership Report National Foundation for Jewish Culture. 109b), the Thirteen Principles of Faith 32 Eta Sigma Phi Medals The Gamma Delta Chapter requires of Maimonides, the four questions from 33 List of Chapters Submitting the 2007–2008 Annual Report that candidates for initiation translate a the Passover Haggadah, and (into Greek) 33 Eta Sigma Phi Web Sites passage from English or another language Barry Goldwater’s speech accepting the 34 Eta Sigma Phi Regalia (Honor Cords, Hoods, into Latin or Greek. One of these projects, presidential nomination. Jewelry and Lapel Pins) a translation in 2005 by Benjamin Joffe Inside this issue of the NUNTIUS is 35 2008 Maurine Dallas Watkins Translation into Latin of twelve songs from the Beatles’ reprinted with permission a personal trib- Contests 36 Annual Eta Sigma Phi Summer Travel “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” ute to Dr. Feldman by Dr. Jay Braverman, Scholarships received international attention. Mr. Joffe one of his students (see pp. 19–21). 2007–2008 NATIONAL OFFICERS HONORARY TRUSTEES ETA SIGMA PHI: Megale Prytanis Brent M. Froberg Jasmine Merced-Ownbey Gamma Omega at Baylor University Statement of Purpose Beta Pi at the University of Arkansas [email protected] [email protected] and Benefits of W. W. de Grummond Megale Hyparchos Eta at Florida State University Membership Jes Geary Alpha Mu at the University of Missouri Wayne Tucker The purposes of Eta Sigma Phi, the [email protected] Beta Theta at Hampden-Sydney College national Classics honorary society, are to [email protected] develop and promote interest in classical Megale Grammateus Elizabeth Torresson study among students of colleges and EXECUTIVE SECRETARY universities; to promote closer frater- Zeta Beta at Temple University nal relationship among students who [email protected] or Thomas J. Sienkewicz are interested in classical study, and [email protected] Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College [email protected] to stimulate interest in classical study, Megale Chrysophylax and in the history, art, and literature of Sarah Ruff ancient Greece and Rome. Members are Epsilon Iota at the University of Florida ETA SIGMA PHI COMMITTEES elected by local chapters which have been [email protected] chartered by the society. Most members Translation Contest Committee are undergraduates but chapters can David Sick of Beta Psi at Rhodes College, also initiate graduate students, faculty, BOARD OF TRUSTEES coordinator ([email protected]) and honorees. There are more than 180 Martha Davis (2010) Fox Scholarship Committee chapters of Eta Sigma Phi throughout the Chair Mary L. Pendergraft of Beta Iota at Wake Forest United States. Zeta Beta at Temple University University, chair (2009, [email protected]) Benefits of membership include: [email protected] Terry Papillon of Eta Eta at Virginia Polytech- • a membership card and certificate nic Institute and State University (2008) Daniel Levine (2008) • subscription to Nuntius, the biannual Helen Moritz of Santa Clara University in Beta Pi at University of Arkansas newsletter of the society Santa Clara, California 2010 • an annual national convention includ- [email protected] Summer Scholarships Committee ing a certamen and banquet David Sick (2008) Davina McClain, Eta Sigma Phi member-at- • the opportunity to give academic pre- Beta Psi at Rhodes College large, chair (2009, [email protected]) sentations before an audience of peers [email protected] and scholars Francis M. Dunn of Zeta Phi at the University • annual sight translation exams in Latin Sister Thérèse Marie Dougherty (2009) of California-Santa Barbara (2008) and Greek Beta Kappa at the College of Notre Dame Frederick J. Booth of Theta Delta at Seton Hall • honors cords and sashes for graduation of Maryland University (2010) [email protected] • bronze and silver medals of achievement Program Committee • eligibility for summer travel scholarships Joseph Garnjobst (2009) Anne Groton of Delta Chi at St. Olaf College, to Greece, Rome or southern Italy Eta Delta at Hillsdale College chair (2008) • eligibility for a Latin teacher training [email protected] Bonnie Catto of Eta Omicron at Assumption scholarship College (2009) Diane Arnson Svarlien of Gamma Theta at Georgetown College (2010) About NUNTIUS NUNTIUS is the newsletter of Eta Lifetime Subscription to the Nuntius Sigma Phi, the national Classics honor- ary society. It is published twice a year, If you wish to continue receiving news about Eta Sigma Phi after graduation, you can in September and in January. Copies of receive a lifetime subscription to Nuntius, with payment of a one-time fee of $50.00 made payable to Eta Sigma Phi and mailed, along with this form to: the NUNTIUS are sent free of charge to active, associate, and honorary members Dr. Thomas J. Sienkewicz, Executive Secretary of Eta Sigma Phi at active chapters. A lifetime subscrip- Department of Classics, Monmouth College tion to the NUNTIUS is also available to 700 East Broadway, Monmouth, Illinois 61462 members who wish to continue receiving Name: ________________________________________________________________________ the newsletter after graduation. The cost of this lifetime subscription is a single Street Address: _________________________________________________________________ payment of $50. Non-members interested City: ______________________________________ State: __________ ZIP: ______________ in subscribing to the newsletter should contact the editor for further information. Chapter: _______________________________________________________________________ The editor is Dr. Thomas J. Sienkewicz of Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College. Note: Please use a relatively permanent address in order to ensure continued receipt of the newsletter. 2 2008 Eta Sigma Phi National Convention The 80th Annual Eta Sigma Phi Conven- tion will be hosted by Epsilon Omicron REGISTRATION Chapter at the University of Massachusetts The registration fee includes all meals on Saturday, including the banquet, plus Amherst, March 28–30, 2008. The con- breakfast on Sunday. Delegates will be on their own for dinner on Friday night and vention will begin with a registration and for lunch on Sunday. reception from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., followed by a welcoming program and certamen at Registration options: 7:00 p.m., on Friday, March 28, and will end at approximately 12 noon on Sunday, 1. Mail in: $70 per person. A printable registration form is available at http:// March 30, with the election and installa- department.monm.edu/classics/ESP/Conventions/ConventionRegistration tion of new national officers. Form2008.pdf. Please enclose ONE check, made payable to Eta Sigma Phi and postmarked by 3/10/08; No mail-in registrations will be accepted after that date. Mail to Dr. Thomas J. Sienkewicz, Executive Secretary, Monmouth College, Convention Highlights 700 E. Broadway, Monmouth, Illinois 61462. Following the Friday night registration, 2.