Election Results

Last night during the club's last meeting of the 2008-2009 school year, the elections of new officers was held and the results are as follows:

The Triumvirate

President - A.S.

Vice President - P.F.

Secretary/Treasurer - I.F.

Non-Executive Officers

Historian - K.M.

Tech. Coordinator - J.VH.

Congratulations to all!

Elections!

We will be holding our annual end of the year elections this month.  These elections will decide all of the positions for next year's Triumvirate as well as the non-executive offices of Historian and Tech. Coordinator.  Good luck to everyone!

Minutes from our April Meeting

The Decliner

Journal for the Dead Language Latin Club

 

Minutes Issue

Editor: Michèle Mot-Juste

April 27, 2009

Meeting Minutes

Attendance

• [M.B.]
• [I.F.]
• [P.F.]
• [E.G.]
• [C.G.]
• [N.G.]
• [M.VH]
• [Ja.VH]
• [Jo.VH]
• [E.Z.]
• [M.Z.]

 

• [Dr.G]
• [Mrs.VH]

 Starting time: 6:42 p.m.

 

Opening Prayer

O Mi Iesu

 

 Opening Song

Gaudiamus Igitur

 

 

Happenings

 

Business

 

Moderators’ Report

As everything Latin is going swimmingly, the Moderators had very little to report aside from their admiration of the promo-video created by E.Z., our esteemed Tech Coordinator. These sentiments being generally shared, he was applauded enthusiastically by the masses, which applause I second. Three cheers for E.Z.!!

To the great relief of the Secretary, the possibility of re-recording Agitabimus Te was mentioned.

President’s Report

The President, after pacing gravely back and forth, said to the Club in stirring tones, “Elections are nigh! Fight or fly! Lest you die!” The President encouraged all candidates to tell the group via e-mail what they intended to run for and how they would be beneficial for the club in that office.

Treasurer’s Report

The numbers being in de scrapbook, it was reported that the Club owed K.M. $30.00. Once paid, the Club Funds will be $26.02.

General Information

 

• M.Z. has not been reimbursed for the Convention T-shirts. The conclusive list of Debtors will be published presently.

 

• Elections will be held at the June Meeting, which will take place at the G’s. A bonfire will be lit, and members burned at the Moderators’ discretion.

 

• C.G. will be drafting an amendment to the By-Laws to safeguard the 2¢ for posterity.

 

• The Club will attend a Latin Mass at St. Stanislaus Church in Milwaukee on the 21^st of May.

 

 Guest Speaker

The guest speaker, Mrs. Brauer, gave an edifying and informational talk about the anatomy of the Latin Mass.

Closing Prayer

Decade of the Rosary for Michael Zambo

 

Closing Song

Regina Coeli

 

End time: 8:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

P. F.

Secretary

Minutes from our March Meeting

The Decliner

Journal for the Dead Language Latin Club

Minutes Issue

Editor: Michèle Mot-Juste

March 7, 2009

Meeting Minutes

*

Starting time: 6:58 p.m.

                                                   Opening Prayer

O Mi Iesu

Song

Tantum Ergo

 Happenings

Skit

Arrival on Circe’s Island

The skit teams were led by the Triumvirate as per usual and they placed as follows:

·       3^rd Place: Team 1 Presidential

·       2^nd Place: Team 2 Vice Presidential

·       1^st Place: Team 3 Secretarial

 

Judging Criteria	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
Clarity	3rd	1st	2nd
Historical accuracy	---	---	---
Creativity	2nd	3rd	1st
Props	1st	2nd	2nd
Acting	2nd	3rd	1st
OVERALL	3rd	2nd	1st

Business

By-Laws

Amendments to the By-Laws were voted on at this time. They were excellent, as are all the ordinances of our wise and gracious Triumvirate, and were universally accepted.

Moderators’ Report

Dr. Gotcher

In his report, Dr. Gotcher informed the masses that negotiations would be opened with Brookfield Academy concerning GMCHE joining them in a bout of Certamen. Another projected event is a barbeque and dance given by the Gotchers in honor of the Alumni. Both proposals were met with rousing cheers.

Mrs. VH

Mrs. VH has recently distinguished herself by being the first representative of the GMCHE to attend a meeting of the WJCL. The following topics were discussed:

 

·        The convention is running out of space in its current quarters. As removal from the aforementioned quarters would be highly unnerving and traumatic, not to mention inconvenient, measures to reduce the size of the assembly will be taken, including: refusing admittance to teams from Illinois and (possibly) restricting attendance to high schoolers. Marquette offered, with touching chivalry, to stay at a nearby Madison hotel if needed.

·        It was decided that members of the same school cannot sit next to each other during testing.

·        Rules for what members of the WJCL need to be studying may be instituted.

Service

The Club was reminded of the existence of the monthly service contest, the recollection of which had up to that moment been relegated to Oblivion’s Outhouse. Members are encouraged to bring to the Club’s attention any promising Service Opportunities they become aware of.

Promo Video

The promotional video was discussed, in particular the background music question. It being presumed that the desired song (We Will Rock You) is copyrighted to the nines, EZ, our intrepid Tech Coordinator and the prime mover of the promo video project, has been given the task of researching copyright. It was proposed that if copyright laws were unfavorable, the copies of the promo video for handing out would be without Agitabimus Te (We Will Rock You). The song would remain, however, on the video playing at our conference table.

Moderator Donates Water Bottles

Before the Convention, Mrs. Van Hecke, one of our esteemed Moderators, offered to procure bottled water for the entire club. This promise was executed, and the water provided much needed hydration during Convention. It was the plan of the Club to reimburse her, but at the meeting she announced that the water was to be considered a donation and if we kept going on about reimbursement and such things she would jolly well reimburse us with a bat. Three cheers for Mrs. VH!

                                                 Spirit

The Howl

Closing Prayer

Decade of the Rosary [for Michael Zambo]

Closing Song

O Salutaris Hostia

 End time: 8:35 p.m.

 Respectfully submitted,

P.F., Secretary

 Letter from the Editor

The world has from the beginning nurtured great numbers of people who object to poetic license. Why this is, I do not exactly know, but my suspicion is that the whole issue is the fruit of bad digestion. These people, I have no doubt, spend their time eating dreadful indigestible pastries in a dreadful indigestible manner, which causes stress and anxiety. These in turn create peevishness, which is bottled and stored until the aforementioned people come in contact with poetic license, at which point it is released in frothy cataracts.

This behavior I denounce as foolish and infantile!

These people would be tempted to trouble the Secretary of the Latin Club with complaints about the poetic license occasionally apparent in the minutes, and would remind any who challenge their position of the Sacred Oath he swore upon his Installation into Office to adhere to truth in his minutes. To save the amiable Secretary from such scandalous impertinences I wish to take full responsibility for all poetic license found in the minutes, and I invite all who object to them to reread the beginning of this letter in which I give at some length my opinion of their good selves.

          Sincerely,

            Michèle Mot-Juste

*Attendance removed to save space in this post

Minutes from the February Meeting

The Decliner

Journal for the Dead Language Latin Club

Minutes Issue

Editor: Michèle Mot-Juste

February 9, 2009

Meeting Minutes

Starting time: 6:30 p.m.

Opening Prayer

Pater Noster, Ave Maria

Spirit

The Howl

Song

Gaudeamus Igitur

 Business

Skits

 ·       Team 1- Presidential Skit: Medea and Jason [8 points]

·       Team 2- Vice-Presidential Skit: Atalanta and the Golden Apples [11 points]

·       Team 3- Secretarial Skit: Paris’ Judgment [11 points]

 

 

Judging Criteria	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
Clarity	1	3	2
Historical accuracy	2	2	2
Creativity	1	3	2
Props	2	1	3
Acting	2	2	2

Certamen

·       Team 1 (M.B.)  20 points

·       Team 2 (M.Z.) no score

·       Team 3 (P.F.) no score

·       Team 4 (N.G.) 70 points

Senator for Life N.G. constructed paper boats for the members of the Club.

By-Laws

The club went over a few amendments drawn up by the Triumvirate with the intention of  casting a vote to determine their acceptability; however, as the minutes ticked by and the club started proposing amendments to the amendments themselves, it was decided that the Triumvirate would modify the amendments and send them to the group via e-mail. They would then be voted on next meeting.

Moderator’s Report

Dr. Gotcher brought to the attention of the Club the possibility of Certamen with Brookfield Academy and Marquette, which possibility was greeted with enthusiastic applause by everyone. The Level 1 Team in particular began to exhibit subtle glints in their eyes. Mrs. VH, who witnessed the scene, later remarked, “For the first time in my life I actually felt sorry for Brookfield, the Level One’s eyes were so… glinty.”

Awards Ceremony

The many and splendid awards won by the gallant toils of the Club were then distributed to the sound of thunderous applause.

                                                  Closing Prayer

O Mi Iesu, Doxologia

 Spirit

Recorded Agitabimus Te for the promotional video

 End time: 8:30 p.m.

 Respectfully submitted,

P.F., Secretary

Our Convention Team

Our Convention Team, originally uploaded by Chez VH.

Convention Results

Any competition in which any of our students placed within the top ten scores for that event or test earned points for the school. We placed 2nd in qualitative points overall (total number of points divided by number of students) and 10th in simple quantitative points.

Written Tests:

Level One:

Grammar 5th E.G. 9th J.S.
Greek History, Literature and Life 6th P.F.
Latin Derivatives 7th I.F. 7th P.F. 8th J.S.
Mottos 7th E.G. 8th P.F. 9th I.F.
Mythology 4th P.F. 7th J.S.
Pentathalon 6th P.F. 6th E.G. 10th J.S.
Reading 2nd E.G. 5th I.F. 10th P.F.
Roman History 6th E.G.
Roman Private Life 1st I.F. 7th E.G. 8th P.F.
Vocabulary 9th E.G. 10th P.F.

Level Two:

Latin Derivatives 5th A.S. 7th C.G. 7th M.Z.
Mythology 1st A.S.
Pentathalon 10th A.S.
Team Sight Reading 4th A.S. 4th E.Z.

Level Three:

Greek Derivatives and Vocabulary 7th M.B.
Greek History, Literature and Life 9th M.B.
Latin Derivatives 6th M.B. 9th JVH
Mythology 3rd M.B. 7th JVH
Pentathalon 8th MB
Reading 9th JVH
Roman Private Life 9th MB 9th JVH
Vocabulary 6th MB 8th JVH

Level Four:

Greek Derivatives and Vocabulary 7th N.G.
Greek History, Literature and Life 6th N.G.
Latin Derivatives 5th N.G.
Mottos 8th N.G.
Pentathalon 8th N.G.
Vocabulary 5th N.G.

Other Competitions:

Level I Certamen - 3rd place

Team Sight Reading, Level 2 - 4th place A.S. and E.Z.

Team Sight Reading, Advanced - 2nd place M.B. and N.G.

War Machines, small - 2nd place

Costume Contest:

Couples: 1st place M.Z. and P.F, 4th place E.G. and J.S.
Boys: 1st place L.M., 2nd place A.S.
Girls: 8th place JVH

Art:

Scrapbook - 2nd place
Drawing: 9th place A.S.
Games, etc.: 9th place P.F.

2009 Convention Slideshow

Latin Convention '09 Slideshow

Check out the updated slide show in the sidebar and to view a full screen version click the link below.

Convention Slideshow

2nd Place Qualitative Trophy!

The Qualitative Trophy is based on average number of points per student. This includes academic (including written tests, certamen, art and more) and spirit points totaled together and divided by the number of students.

1st Place Spirit Trophy - Medium Sized Schools!

War Machines Contest - Second Place!