Activities - NJCL Convention - 1999 - Daily Highlights - Friday, August 6

For the last time this convention, delegates - or at least those with working alarm clocks - met for breakfast. With delegations and individuals departing throughout the day, many sought out old and new friends to trade addresses, wish each other safe returns home, and make plans for meeting again at next year's NJCL convention.

The only official item on today's schedule was the fifth and final NJCL general assembly. Much of the meeting was devoted to the announcement of awards, including:

• the spirit contest
• NJCL scholarships
• open certamen
• competitive certamen
• the top individual sweepstakes awards (the top 12 overall are pictured below)

David Camden of Virginia was called to the stage to receive both the Decathlon Award, for having achieved the highest score on the challenging exam, and the Lillie B. Hamilton Award for attaining the greatest number of individual sweepstakes points in three or more categories of competition (i.e., academics, graphic arts, creative arts, and olympika).

The second half of the assembly included reports by the outgoing NSCL and NJCL officers and the inauguration of the 1999-2000 NJCL officers. In his first official capacity, the new president, Chris Olry, addressed the assembly and revealed the theme for the upcoming 47th NJCL Convention:

Faber est suae quisque fortunae
"Each one is the architect of his own fate"
Appius Epistle I. De Republica Ordinale

Ending on a high note, the remainder of assembly saw the official passing of the torch from the Florida delegation to the Oklahoma delegation and a stunning presentation of convention highlights by Molecular Media - the video crew that was busy filming convention events and activities throughout the week. With one final rendition of the JCL song by the outgoing and incoming officers, the final general assembly and the 46th NJCL Convention came to a close.

Convention Ear, Friday, August 6, 1999 (requires Adobe Acrobat)