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List of National Junior Classical League conventions

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This is a list of National Junior Classical League conventions.

List of Conventions
Year School City Dates Theme
1954 Incarnate Word High School San Antonio, Texas June 13–15
1955 Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, Iowa June 26–28
1956 Miami University Oxford, Ohio June 24–26
1957 Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado August 13–15
1958 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan August 17–21
1959 St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota August 9–12
1960 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico August 7–11
1961 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana August 13–17 Acta non verba.

(Acts, not words; motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy)

1962 Montana State College Bozeman, Montana August 5–9
1963 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas August 11–15
1964 University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois August 9–13
1965 University of Southern California Los Angeles, California August 8–12
1966 Western Kentucky State College Bowling Green, Kentucky August 7–11
1967 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona July 30-August 3
1968 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan August 11–15 Otium cum dignitate.

(Ease with dignity; from Cicero's Pro Sestius.)

1969 Tulane University

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana August 10–14 Una stella fata nostra coniungit.

(One star joins our fates.)

1970 Ohio University Athens, Ohio August 2–6
1971 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma August 8–12
1972 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia August 6–10 Pax in terra.

(Peace on Earth.)

1973 Claremont Colleges Claremont, California August 5–9 Unity in Diversity
1974 University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire August 4–9 Fortiter, fideliter, feliciter.

(Fearlessly, faithfully, successfully.)

1975 Ball State University Muncie, Indiana August 3–8 Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

(And perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day; from Virgil's Aeneid.)

1976 University of Rochester Rochester, New York August 8–13 Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.

(Not to know what happened before you were born is to be forever a child; from Cicero's Orator.)

1977 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida July 31-August 5 Et quasi cursores vitai lampada tradunt.

(As runners we pass on the torch of life; from Lucretius's De rerum natura.)

1978 North Texas State University Denton, Texas July 30-August 4 Mens invicta manet.

(The mind remains unconquered.)

1979 Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan July 29-August 3 Bene cogitata si excidunt non occidunt.

(Good ideas may fail but are not lost; from Publilius Syrus's Sententia.)

1980 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee August 2–7 Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est.

(No generation is closed to great talents; from Seneca.)

1981 Miami University Oxford, Ohio August 2–7 Curae mihi futura.

(The care of the future is mine; motto of Hunter College.)

1982 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma August 1–6 Auro quaeque ianua panditur.

(A golden key can open any door.)

1983 University of Rochester Rochester, New York August 7–12 Qui mare tenet, eum necesse est rerum potiri.

(He who holds the sea must be master of the empire.)

1984 University of Richmond Rochester, New York July 30-August 4 Caelum certe patet, ibimus illi.

(Surely the sky lies open, let us go that way; from Ovid's Metamorphoses.)

1985 University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire July 29-August 3 Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.

(All art is but an imitation of nature; from Seneca.)

1986 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana August 3–8 Aurea prima sata est aetas, quae sponte sua, fidem rectumque colebat.

(The golden age has been sown by itself, and cultivated faith and prosperity; from Ovid'sMetamorphoses.)

1987 Stetson University DeLand, Florida August 9–14 Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.

(Virtue is the one and only nobility; from Juvenal's Satires.)

1988 University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado July 31-August 4 Amicitia.

(Friendship.)

1989 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pennsylvania July 30-August 4 Unity in Diversity.
1990 University of North Texas Denton, Texas July 29-August 3 Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.

(And perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day; from Virgil's Aeneid.)

1991 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia August 4–9 Cura mihi futuri.

(The care of the future is mine; motto of Hunter College.)

1992 San Diego State University San Diego, California August 2–7 Mens sana in corpore sano.

(A healthy mind in a healthy body; from Juvenal's Satires.)

1993 Miami University Oxford, Ohio July 25–30 Nullius boni sine socio iucunda possessio est.

(Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself; from Seneca's Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium.)

1994 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee July 31-August 5 Occasionem oblatam tenete.

(Seize the opportunity; from Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares.)

1995 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas July 30-August 4 Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.

(I shall either find a way or make one; from Hannibal.)

1996 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana July 28-August 2 Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.

(Virtue is the one and only nobility; from Juvenal's Satires.)

1997 North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota August 3–8 Aspirat primo fortuna labori.

(Fortune smiles upon our first effort; from Virgil.)

1998 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts July 26–31 Patria est communis omnium parens.

(Our country is the common parent of all; from Cicero's De Officiis.)

1999 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida August 1–6 Audentior ito qua tua te fortuna sinet.

(Go boldly against it, as your fortune shall permit you; from Virgil's Aeneid.)

2000 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma August 1–6 Faber est suae quisque fortunae.

(Every man is the maker of his own fortune; from Sallust.)

2001 Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana July 17–22 Vultus ac frons animi ianua.

(The face and its expression are the door of the soul; from Cicero's Commentariolum Petitionis.)

2002 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky July 30-August 4 Magnos homines virtute metimur, non fortuna.

(We measure great men by their virtue, not their fortune; from Cornelius Nepos.)

2003 Trinity University San Antonio, Texas July 29-August 3 Natura inest in mentibus nostris insatiabilis quaedam cupiditas veri videndi.

(Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek out the truth; from Book 1 of Cicero's Tusculanae Disputationes.)

2004 University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia July 26–30 Acta non verba.

(Acts, not words; motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

2005 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri August 1–6 Nil sine magno labore.

(Nothing without great effort; motto of Brooklyn College.)

2006 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana July 31-August 5 Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore.

(I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting; from Cicero.)

2007 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee July 24–29 Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

(Seize the day, give as little trust in the future as possible; from Horace's Odes.)

2008 Miami University Oxford, Ohio July 28-August 2 Non nobis solum nati sumus.

(Not for ourselves alone are we born; from Cicero's De Officiis.)

2009 University of California Davis, California July 27-August 1 Fortuna nobis vi animi tantum frenabitur.

(The level of our success is limited only by our imagination; from Aesop.)

2010 North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota July 27-August 1 Non est ad astra mollis e terris via.

(There is no easy way from the earth to the stars; from Seneca the Younger's Hercules.)

2011 Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky July 25–30 Bene legere saecla vincere.

(To read well is to master the ages; from Professor Isaac Flagg.)

2012 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina July 26–31 Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.

(He who has begun is half done; dare to know; begin!; from Horace's First Book of Letters.)

2013 University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada July 22–27 Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere, et quem fors dierum cumque dabit lucro appone.

(Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth; from Horace's Odes.)

2014 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia July 28-August 2 Omnium enim rerum principia parva sunt.

(For the beginning of all things are small; from Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum.)

2015 Trinity University San Antonio, Texas July 27-August 1 Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.

(You should not give in to evils, but proceed ever more boldly against them; from Virgil's Aeneid.)

2016 Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana July 25–30 Ubi concordia, ibi victoria.

(Where there is unity, there is victory; from Publilius Syrus.)

2017 Troy University Troy, Alabama July 24–29 Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.

(All art is but an imitation of nature; from Seneca.)

2018 Miami University Oxford, Ohio July 23–28 Ego sum hortari tantum possum ut amicitiam omnibus rebus humanis anteponatis.

(I urge you, as much as I am able, to place friendship above all human issues; from Cicero's de Amicitia.)

2019 North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota July 26–31 Apes non sunt solitaria natura.

(Bees are not of a solitary nature; from Varro's De Re Rustica.)

2020 University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia July 24–29 Note: Conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Omnes...summa ope niti decet, ne vitam silentio transeant. (It benefits all to strive with greatest effort, lest they pass their lives in silence; from Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 1.1)

2021 San Diego State University San Diego, California July 26–31 Conducted virtually

Sibi quisque ruri metit.

(Each harvests one's own farm; from Plautus, Mostellaria 3.2)

2022 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana July 24–30 Cantantes licet usque (minus via laedit) eamus.

(Let us go singing as far as we go – the road will be less tedious; from Vergil, Eclogues 9.64)

2023 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia July 23–28 Caelum, non animum, mutant qui trans mare currunt.

(They who rush across the sea change their sky, not their soul; from Horace, Epistles 1.11)

2024 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee July 21–26 Multa, quae impedita natura sunt, consilio expediuntur.

(Many things which are naturally difficult are solved by ingenuity; from Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 25.11)

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