Megas Pryanis Leighanne Regan asks for votes for the best Eta Sigma Phi attire at last spring's convention.
| Chapter Prizes for Various Projects | ||
| At last spring's convention, the Board of Trustees decided to establish new prizes of $50 each to chapters submitting passages from classical authors selected for use in the Society's initiation ceremony. The passages should be paraphrases or original translations—no copyrighted material will be considered—and the Board is especially interested in adding female voices to the Ritual. The names of the individuals submitting the selected texts and their chapters will be included with the quotations. A chapter may submit as many quotations as it likes, but there will be only one prize awarded to a chapter. The deadline for |
submissions is Monday, February 3, and they should be sent to the executive secretary (p. 2). The decision on the passages to be included in the Ritual will be made by the Board at the national convention. Currently the Ritual contains quotations from Homer, Plato, and Vergil, though there is a provision for chapters to add other passages if they wish. In addition to the new prizes, there will continue to be prizes given to a chapter with the best single piece of Eta Sigma Phi attire brought to the convention ($50) and to the chapter with the best outreach project ($100). |
The outreach project could include making presentations at local secondary schools, sponsoring lectures or films open to the public, or participating in honors clubs, interest fairs, JCL conventions, etc. The projects will be judged on their innovation, level of participation by members, and the number of people reached. Descriptions of projects to be considered for the prize should be sent to the executive secretary in advance of the convention, but those submitted at the convention will also be considered. In addition to descriptions of the projects, submissions may include programs, newspaper articles, etc. |
