Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...church was in conflict with the aspirations of the new century. Lamennais and his disciples sought to end this strife and reconcile the church with that form of society which issued from the French Revolution. To this end they founded in 1830 a newspaper called "The Future." with the motto "God and liberty, the Pope and the people," and asked the Vatican to favor democracy...
...Gordon drew a parallel of the parting of Harvard men from the ennobling influence of their College. Jesus' companionship, like his farewell, was a blessing; the Harvard influence too has been a blessing. Jesus was the way and the truth; Harvard, for Christ and the Church, has made her motto "Veritas...
...word "truth" has a meaning in every day use among men of all sorts, sincerity, frank speech, straightforward conduct, the absence of deceit. Truth is the motto of him "whose armor is his honest thought, and simple truth his highest skill." This kind of truth, however, is not the special virtue of the student or of the scholar, and has no more connection with the University than with life elsewhere. Yet thought rather than action is our object here, and so "truth" may be our peculiar motto. The man in public life, for instance, is obliged to overlook minor agreements...
...read the beliefs and hopes expressed in the article regarding the character of the undergraduate of today should be a welcome opportunity to anyone interested in college life. To quote part of the opening paragraph: "To an American college, the word of all words is 'truth'. 'Veritas' is the motto of Harvard; 'Lux et Veritas' the motto of Yale. . . . Now, whether the truth be truth of religion, or of science, or of commerce, or of intercourse among fellowmen, a college to stand for it must believe...
...soon as they are decided upon. At each end of the room is a large fireplace. Over the eastern fireplace three national emblems have been carved in the stonework, and a bust of Washington has been placed on the mantel. Under the bust is the following motto...