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Left: members of Alpha Phi chapter on thecroquet court sitting on their croquet mallets atthe end of a game: left to right Austin Tooley,Catherine Freis, Andrew Carlson, GlenMcLeod and Andrew HarrisBelow: Alpha Phi chapter, left to right:Austin Tooley, Glen McLeod, Eric Sumrall,John Yargo, Andwer Harris, Catherine Freis,Michael Gleason, Ashley Jefcoat, Ben Cain,Sarah Castille, Hevyn Allen, Emily Gilbert;in front: Lacey Cook and Julia Fell.Alpha Tau at The Ohio State UniversityFor the past several years the Alpha Tauchapter The Ohio State University hadbeen relatively inactive. In the Autumnquarter of 2006, however, a new group ofClassics students began to reactivate thechapter. For this reason, the fall activitieswere, to put it frankly, non-existent.Winter quarter, though, saw a fresh start toAlpha Tau, as we held elections for officersand organized a couple of social events,including a marathon reading of the Odyssey,and a screening of several episodes ofHBO’s Rome series.As Spring quarter began, we sent fourdelegates to the national convention inPhiladelphia. The experience could nothave been more worthwhile. Coming backfrom the convention, we were and stillare excited about ideas we heard therefor what to do with our chapter. Theseideas include hosting marathon readingsof works besides Homer, tutoring Latin ina local high school, and hosting an endof the year Bacchanalia for students andfaculty.To finance these rather ambitiousprojects, we plan on taking advantage ofthe wide variety of fundraising optionsavailable at Ohio State. As of right now,we are planning to work with a local restaurantto raise funds, as well as to hold abake sale in the Classics department building.As the academic year winds up, we arevery excited about the future of Alpha Tauchapter.Alpha Phi at Millsaps CollegeIn 2007, we initiated ten members ofEta Sigma Phi. Our initiates are tappedat a college wide ceremony for all honoraries,although ours is the only honorarywhich crowns our new inductees with ivywreaths. Our advisor, Catherine Freis,will be retiring in December 2007 and wehope that we will retain many of the ritualsshe has brought to the honorary in her 32years at the college.This year, Eta Sigma Phi hosted anumber of parties for students of theClassics. One was scheduled to coincidewith the opening performance of theMillsaps Players’ production of A FunnyThing Happened on the Way to the Forum.We scheduled the dinner, full of Mediterraneandelicacies, in our own building,so that we could have ample time to visitand then to amble leisurely to the show inthe very next building. Eta Sigma Phi alsosponsored (for our HBO-less Campus)Sunday night showings and Discussions ofHBO’s Rome.A feature of our spring party wascroquet.Beta Theta at Hampden-Sydney CollegeAt Final Convocation last spring one ofour members, Christopher T. Horner, washonored with the David C. Wilson MemorialAward in Greek, receiving a check for$500 and a copy of The Oxford ClassicalDictionary; and Joshua B. Hatchell receivedthe Leila B. Thompson Eta Sigma Phi Prizein Latin. The latter prize, named for thewife of our long-time adviser, is a checkfor $1000.00 and a copy of the OCD. Theprizes will again be awarded this spring.23