Word: gloriam
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...first Seal in the long series of those which have been recorded, was made seven years before the College was chartered, somewhere in the Colonies, but was little if ever used. In 1650 the "In Christi Gloriam" seal, which will be presented to President Conant in the Inauguration ceremony along with the present official one, was probably made in London. In 1693 John Coney, the famous Colonial silversmith, made another, remarkable for its simplicity and dignity, which was used until 1812. At this time a simple reproduction was made. Josiah Quincy, President of the College from...