On Thursday the discipuli discipulaeque traveled to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. There they split into their ordines and embarked upon a petenda (scavenger hunt) that led them to various works of art inspired by Classical mythology. Students used their new knowledge from Magistra Carroll's Transformationes class to analyze the artwork. Afterwards they were given a tour of the museum's Roman and Roman-inspired pieces. Then the students had two hours of free time to explore the galleries as they wished.
Many visited the special exhibit "Posing Beauty" which displayed photographs of African Americans throughout history, ranging from everyday people to such figures as Michelle Obama. That night, Dr. McCaffrey, a past GLA and Randolph Macon professor, spoke to the students about the values of pursuing a classical education. The students also got to hear about how their teachers joined the classical realm. Students participated in an intense game of CERTAGON following the presentation. After multiple rounds of battle consisting of questions concerning material from all of the classes team Europa (Andrew, Needhi, and Jane) won the game and praemia fabulosa (fabulous prizes) of books on Ancient Rome.
Friday afternoon students had their final gym time and they used this opportunity to swim in the pool one last time and play one last match of squash. After the final Cena Latina the staff and students attended the dress rehearsal for the Academy's play Rudens.
Quotes:
"Bloodbath and beyond." -Grace on certagon
"Everyday, all over the world, people are speaking Latin, they just speak it so badly." -Dr. McCaffrey
