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...exhibition. Among them are a drawing of Harvard Hall in the New York Harvard Club, presented by the Club; the volume bearing the name of John Eliot, the Apostio of the Indians, a gift from Dr. James B. Munn '12 of New York; and an autograph of Sir Walter Mildmay, the founder of Emmanuel College, given to President Eliot by Mr. Issac N. Lewis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Hundred Birthday Tributes to Eliot on Exhibition at Widener; Messages Came From May Prominent Societies | 4/1/1924 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Seal for the Union. | 1/13/1902 | See Source »

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