LATIN STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO NJCL HONOR SOCIETY
This morning, our classical languages department began a new tradition of recognizing outstanding Latin students as five Dons were inducted into the National Junior Classical League Honor Society. Congratulations to senior Brady Wright, juniors Austin Foster and Alex Paluzzi, and sophomores Ty Schumacher and Matthew Stambaugh.
The National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society recognizes students who are of sound moral character, have achieved an 'A' in their Latin courses, and are active members of the school’s chapter of the Junior Classical League.
Robert Wright, chair of the department, made brief remarks, including the following quote by Friedrich Nietzsche on the value of studying ancient languages:
"Philology is that venerable art which demands of its votaries one thing above all: to go aside, to take time, to become still, to become slow – it is a goldsmith’s art and connoisseurship of the word which has nothing but delicate, cautious work to do and achieves nothing if it does not achieve it lento. But for precisely this reason it is more necessary than ever today, by precisely this means does it entice and enchant us the most, in the midst of an age of 'work,' that is to say, of hurry, of indecent and perspiring hast, which wants to 'get everything done' at once, including every old or new book: – this art does not easily get anything done, it teaches to read well, that is to say, to read slowly, deeply, looking cautiously before and aft, with reservations, with doors left open, with delicate eyes and fingers." – F. Nietzsche
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The National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society recognizes students who are of sound moral character, have achieved an 'A' in their Latin courses, and are active members of the school’s chapter of the Junior Classical League.
Robert Wright, chair of the department, made brief remarks, including the following quote by Friedrich Nietzsche on the value of studying ancient languages:
"Philology is that venerable art which demands of its votaries one thing above all: to go aside, to take time, to become still, to become slow – it is a goldsmith’s art and connoisseurship of the word which has nothing but delicate, cautious work to do and achieves nothing if it does not achieve it lento. But for precisely this reason it is more necessary than ever today, by precisely this means does it entice and enchant us the most, in the midst of an age of 'work,' that is to say, of hurry, of indecent and perspiring hast, which wants to 'get everything done' at once, including every old or new book: – this art does not easily get anything done, it teaches to read well, that is to say, to read slowly, deeply, looking cautiously before and aft, with reservations, with doors left open, with delicate eyes and fingers." – F. Nietzsche
