First Species, Four-voice Counterpoint Cheat Sheet

Christ is risen!

Happy Easter, everyone!

What joy is ours, since we are Christians and have a God who would have His Son endure the pangs of death and the sin of the entire world, and then rise that we might rise with Him!

Many people talk (and have written) about how we ought not to put our joy in man or in material things. This is easy to see why, and yet we forget it often, and either trust and rely upon people or things we love to make us happy and joyful. But we would not have either without God! Our joy comes from Him and Him alone. Because Christ endured the cross and Sheol, we need not fear ever losing our joy. In Him we have risen and shall be resurrected!

Stopwatch

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Of Bede, Malmesbury, & Hollister

A Few Historical Personages

Ethelbert

• King of Kent
• Had a Christian wife, Bertha
• Talked with Augustine, finally converted to Christianity and was baptized
• Pope Gregory corresponded with this king
• Died in 616 – he ruled for 56 years
  
  Edwin
• Ruled over all England except Kent
• Became a Christian through the teaching of Paulinus – baptized 627
• Married Ethelbert’s daughter Ethelburh
• King of Wessex sent Eomer to assassinate him
• Received correspondence from Boniface and Honorius
• Brought peace to Britain
• Died in 633 at the Battle of Hatfield Chase
  
  Oswald
• King of Northumbria
  “the most Christian king of the Northumbrians” – Bede
• Asked for a bishop from Ireland (Aidan came)
• Ruled 9 years
• Killed at the battle of Maserfelth
  
  Alfred
• d. 899
• Crowned king by Pope Leo in 872
• Son Edward took the throne in 901
• Buried in Winchester
• Occupied London 886
  
  Canute
• Denmark / England
• Reigned from 1016 – 1035
• Laid everything to waste from Sandwich to Wessex -1016
• 1017 – 1031 Reigned in England
• Went to Rome in the fifteenth year of his reign - to atone for sins
• Died and was buried at Winchester
  
  
  Edward the Confessor
• Reigned 1042 – 1066
• Son of Etheldred the Unready
• Crowned at Winchester
• Promised the kingdom first to William of Normandy, and then to Harold Godwin
  
  Harold Godwin
• 1066 - was crowned Jan. 5, (having been promised the kingdom on the deathbed of Edward the Confessor
• died in October 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, against William of Normandy (who was the first to be promised the kingdom by Edward the Confessor)
  
  William of Normandy (William the Conqueror)
• Lived from 1035 to 1087
• Ruled England from 1066 to 1087 after beating Harold Godwin at the Battle of Hastings
• Ended Saxon age of England, fused Norman culture to that of England, thereby establishing the start of modern English culture
  
  William Rufus
• William the Conqueror left the throne of England to Rufus
• Rufus scorned religion, exploited the church, ruled with a rod of iron.
• 1089 seized the lands of Canterbury
• (Rufus was killed by an arrow while hunting.)
  
  Henry I
• ruled from 1100 to 1135
• Anselm threatened to excommunicate him in 1105 AD
• Norman & Saxon combine under his reign, and he married a Saxon (Matilda)
• "Henry I's reign marks the coming of age of the royal administration. Indeed, some historians have sen it as the seedbed of the modern state. The functions of the royal household officials were growing in importance and specialization." - Hollister, 135.

Of Heroes and...

Vowel Combination Chart - Contract Verbs

Here is a Vowel Combination Chart for the contract Verbs.

Thanks to Lydia who provided the chart!

My Life For Yours: Bleed!

I hope y'all remembered to go give blood, if you are healthy. If you haven't done it yet and you are physically able to, take a break from school (or partying) and get on over to Tyndale Library to give blood. The bus will be out there till 5 p.m.

Yes, I gave blood today, barely. The nurse who helped me said my blood was starting and stopping, I think I didn't drink enough fluids. I was afraid there was some major problem, or that they would reject me and throw away my blood, but the nurses seemed fine with it going slow. "We're just happy to have the blood!

It didn't really hurt, and if it does I think about all the sick people who don't have a choice, who have needles and IV's stuck in them day after day after day. At least we have a choice to give willingly of our clean blood. And you can't help but feel good about that.

Greek!

I found some of the tables on this website especially helpful for learning the alphabet. I'm grouping the best tables together here.

Brad Littlejohn's Surprise Party

Click on photo to see more pictures of Brad Littlejohn's Surprise Party!

Our Battle Field

O Socii, tomorrow is a great and honourable day. It is a day in which we can put to use our right as citizens of the Unitest States of America to elect our leaders. In days past leaders were often chosen through strength of arms. Men proved their courage on the battle field, fighting for their king, that they might live peaceful lives under their king. We have no bloody battle field on which to pour our blood and prove our valor, but we do have the Moscow Skating Rink, and tomorrow from 8 to 8. May it not be said of the students of New Saint Andrews college that they did not bother to go out and vote.

If you are unsure of who to vote for, here is a good guide:
Right-Mind (Dale Courtney)
Doug Wilson

See you at the Polls!

Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit. O Socii, Proponite!

NSA Reformation Banquet

Madames et Monsieurs,
it is my supreme privilege to present to you
the photos of The New Saint Andrews 2006 Reformation Banquet

www.danielfoucachon.com/nsa/nsa_reformation_06/

And HERE is Jordan Wilkins singing "Where's the Girl"
Accompanied by Miss Lydia Psmith on the Piano

If perchants there be a lady among you,
who upon seeing a distressing photo
wishest that photo to be removed,
there existeth a solution.
http://www.foucachon.com/complaint_form
If there be a gentleman among you,
who upon seeing a photo is distressed,
get over it.

Reformation Week Events

Students and Prospective Students, Hear ye, hear ye,

During Reformation week and Prospective Student Weekend, NSA will be holding events in which students can interact with prospective students.

On Saturday, Oct. 28th:

• Bishop's Orchard Trip (Garfield, ID) Leave NSA at 2 p.m., return between 5/5:30 Bring: $4 for cider and your own gallon jug (Mr. Rench recommends the .60 water jugs from Winco)
• Ice Skating (Palouse Ice Rink) from 7-9 p.m. Bring: $1.50 for skate rental (or your own skates)

So try to carve a few hours out of your schedule to enjoy the outdoors and meet the new Freshman class!

On the Origins of War

Greetings class,

I jotted some notes while reading On the Origins of War. If they would be of use to you, you can find them HERE.

• Disclaimer: I am no expert - use with caution, and please don't hesitate to tell me if I got something wrong.

Biblical Chronology and 120 second outline

Mr. Nieuwsma put together a Biblical Chronology with integration of Herodotus.

• Here is the scan: Timeline
  
• And here is the 120 second outline from Handermann's Greco-Persian blitz from previous post: Outline

Greco-Persian war in 120 seconds

I have two videos for you. One of Handermann blitzing through the Greco-Persian war in 120 seconds, and one of Lydia doing a more detailed version in 4 minutes.

• Handermann Blitz 120 seconds
• Lydia detailed - 4 minutes

Blessings on you studying!

Good job, Class!

Take a look at this: http://www.leithart.com/archives/002389.php

Congratulations to those of you who did the Genesis/sun part on the latest Theology worksheet!

Herodotus

Greetings!
I'm not sure if I sent the right file yesterday for the Ancient Greece google earth map. But here is the one Scott put together, and it is complete as far as I know:

• www.nsa.foucachon.com/Ancient_Greece.kmz

And here are some online outlines of Herodotus:

• Herodotus Outline
• Summary of Kings

Blessings on your studies!

-Daniel

Picture Day 2006

Yes, they are finally here. This is what happens when you get a whole school of classically educated people (well, under construction that is) together and try to take a picture of them:

www.danielfoucachon.com/nsa/student_pictures_06

Herodotus - Ancient Greece Maps

Evening fellow speed-readers,

Click on the title for a link to a cool map I found. It is centered on Greece, and you can see up to Thrace and down as far as Rhodes. It is especially nice because of all the small cities (which really are important, as Mr. Schlect as made us aware) are written, such as Miletus, Halicarnassus, Naxos on the isle of Naxos, and some of my personal favorites such as Magnesia, Sigeum, Megara.

(Note: There are several maps to click on once you've reached the actually site, but the one I printed off was Ancient Greece 2)

After recitation this afternoon, our group had a huddle in the hall and made it a priority to pull out all the stops when we study, i.e., maps, outlines, memorizing names and details and geography.

Hope this helps the rest of y'all! Enjoy, and God bless your wearied eyes!

Student Pictures

Fellow Students of great things at New Saint Andrews College,

Greetings!

• If you click HERE, you will see pictures.

If by some error you are not therein pictured, please tell me, for you may not have had your picture taken, or if you did, perhaps it got lost in cyberspace.

Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

Assignments

Fellow (robe bearing) Sophomores,

Greetings!

In case you didn't have pen and paper at Convocation, here are our assigments:

• Theology: 1st 5 chapters of "From Post-Industrial to Post-modern Society. Due Thursday, the whole book is due Friday.
• History: Herodotus: Introduction and Book I. Pay close attention to the interactions between Croesus, Solon, and Cyrus. And follow notes in the back of the book. Due Thursday.
• Music: Complete Ch. 3 of the Chautman workbook. Read ch's. 1-9 of Copelands' book. Listen to part I of the Messiah. Due Monday. (And show up to Choir Wend.)
• Latin: Read The Victory According to Mark, pg. 9-47. Traslate Mark 1. Due Thurs.

Voila!

See you all in class!

Welcome Back!

The new school year is about to start. It has been wonderful to see the faces of those friends who left us Idahoians here for three months!

We all know how terrifying everyone likes to make the second year of New St. Andrews sound. Maybe it is. But by God's grace we survived the first year, and with His grace we will do the second!

Psalm 127

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with enemies in the gate.

Saunka Irish Step DVD

For those of you who missed Katie Saunders Irish Step recital, or want to see it again, you can now purchase a copy of the DVD online: www.foucachon.com/saunka

Free shipping to NSA students!

DVD includes interactive menus, dances divided by chapters, photo slideshow, and a snazzy DVD label designed by ZKpro.

Three dances are previewed on the order form, so take a peak. (Unless you have FireFox configured right, you will need Internet Explorer to see the videos).

The Freshman Year in Video

Here are a bunch of videos I picked out from the past year at NSA for your enjoyment. I'm not allowed to post anything from Rhetoric (there were some really good ones...and I recorded the most in that class), But you'll find some from every other class.
Note about downloading: because a lot of these are straight from my camera, they are not optimized for streaming. If you click on a link, it may seems that everything is frozen, but it's not; it's downloading, and some may take some time. If you want to make sure it's downloading, then right-click, and "save as".
I pity him who hath not broadband...

• Is this the place for an argument? - Christ Church Dinner Skit
• Music at Bucers
• A peak into Choir
• Il Fait Froid de Canard
• Game at Courtney's
• Lewiston Rodeo (We are a wild bunch...)
• St. Andy's Rugby!
• Numa Numa Dance (by a local - don't miss this one!)
• Mikado
• A bit of Moscow in Winter - I took this during Christmas break to send to my parents who were in France, so that's why we talk to them in the video at one point. There is also part of a Lordship Lecture at the end.

The next two kind of go together... they show a little of the intensity of study at NSA :) (Warning: These videos are not intended for prospective students)

• Christine Studying Latin at Bucers
• Lydia Reading City of God

Some Singing:

• The Day is Past and Gone
• O 'Twas a Joyful Sound to Hear
• Merkle at Midnight - (that's not the name of a song, but it should be...)

Natural Philosophy:

• Roger eating a mouse
• Learning the bones of the body
• Inflating the lungs of a fetal pig
• more inflation
• Right before Euclid Class

Latin: I have a lot of videos from this class... but only a few for now.

• A bit of Class
• Philosophy of Strawberry
• Reading a Story
• and of course, all the Latin Skits
• And the audio of Ghiligans Island
• Greek Opera - (a peak into greek class)

That's all folks!

Pictures by Term

I have uploaded a bunch of pictures from this last year, divided by term. I didn't have time to carefully sort, and they are rather random. These are by no means all, so if you have a specific picture in mind you don't see here, I probably have it somewhere. :-)

• Jerusalem
• Nicea
• Chalcedon
• Westminster

Since I sorted this quickly, the Complaint Form may be of use. Girls, don't hesitate to use it. If guys use it, I expect a 3 point, logical explanation of the complaint ;-)