400 High School Students to Participate in 34th Annual Classics Day at Holy Cross

Holy Cross will hold the 34th annual Classics Day on April 25. Designed to familiarize students with the Holy Cross Classics department, its faculty and current students, the event features a variety of activities relating to the study of Roman culture.

Approximately 400 students will attend the event this year. Participants include Boston College High School, Classical High School (Providence, RI), Coyle Cassidy High School (Taunton), Holyoke High School, Lunenburg High School, St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School (Fitchburg, Mass.), St. George’s School (Newport, RI), St. Mark’s School (Southborough, Mass.), St. Sebastian’s School (Needham) and Walpole High School.

The schedule of events is as follows:

Welcoming Address
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m., Hogan Campus Center Ballroom
"The Malleable Monarch: Agamemnon from Homer to Hollywood" (Lecture by Professor Timothy Joseph, of the Classics department)
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Hogan Campus Center Ballroom
Upper and Lower Division Certamen (Certamen is Latin for "competition." Student teams will compete College Bowl style, answering questions concerning Roman history, mythology, culture and the Latin language.)
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Hogan Campus Center
Costume Contest
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Hogan Campus Center Ballroom
Chariot Races (Student teams build their own chariots. Each team consists of a rider and student "horses.")
11:30 a.m. - Noon, Hart Center
Lunch
Noon - 1 p.m., Kimball Dining Hall
Final Round Certamen
1 p.m. - 2 p.m., Hogan Campus Center Ballroom
Awards Presentation
2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., Hogan Campus Center Ballroom

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