Word: mildmay
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...arms, is most appropriate for the seal of the Union. It was the common practice for a college or other endowed institution to adopt the arms of its benefactor. Thus the lion rampant in the seal of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, was borrowed from the coat-of arms of Mildmay, who founded that college; King's College adopted the royal device, and so on. In our case, the single-towered castle is both appropriate and decorative; it is full of symbolical suggestion; it is also simple, and can be easily reproduced for the stationery, table-ware, uniforms, and other similar uses...