For Immediate Release					  	April15, 1996
 
Lawrence University Celebrates "Classics Week" 
 
 
	APPLETON, WIS. - "The Classics" assume center stage at Lawrence 
University April 22-26 with a week-long celebration honoring the study of the
classical languages and the ancient world. All of the events take place on the
Lawrence campus and are free and open to the public.
	Classics Week receives its official opening from Lawrence President 
Richard Warch, who will issue a formal proclamation from the steps of
his Sampson House office at 11:05 a.m. Monday, April 22, reaffirming the
importance of, and Lawrence's commitment to, the study of the classics. 
	Activities scheduled for Classics Week include:
* Monday, April 22 - A presentation of the movie "A Funny Thing Happened on
  the Way to the Forum" at 7 p.m. in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium offers a
  glimpse of life in ancient Rome in this hilarious adaptation of the works of 	
  Plautus and Terence, Rome's two greatest comedic playwrights.
 
* Tuesday, April 23 - Lawrence classics students provide an overview of 1,000 	
  years of Greek history and civilization with a lavish slide presentation in 
  Main 	Hall, Room 109, at 4:15 p.m.
 
* Wednesday, April 24 - The imaginative and sometimes controversial verse of
  the Roman poet Ovid will be addressed by University of Wisconsin Classics 	
  Professor James McKeown in the Maurice P. Cunningham Memorial Lecture
  on "Ovid and Women" at 7 p.m. in the Wriston Art Center Auditorium.

* Thursday, April 25 - Three classics majors who have studied at the 	
  Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome will present "Rome: The 	
  Eternal City," a slide presentation/lecture depicting ancient Rome, its art, 	
  geography, and history.  The presentation begins at 7 p.m. in the Wriston Art
  Center Auditorium.
 
* Friday, April 26 - Professor Daniel J. Taylor, chair of LawrenceUs classics
  department, will conclude the week's academic festivities with, "F: The
  Biography of a Book," a lecture detailing his research on the famed medieval
  manuscript "F," the sole surviving copy of the Latin scholarly classic
  "De Lingua Latina."  Taylor's lecture will chronicle the mysterious 
  whereabouts and fascinating history of the precious manuscript from the time 
  of its transcription by a Benedictine monk in the 11th century to its current
  residence in the Laurenziana Library in Florence, Italy.
 
          
 
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