<p>For fun c’mon and post some mottos –
I’ll start –</p>
<p>Brown University - In Deo Speramus - “In God We Hope” - Sounds kind of New England Unitarian, rather than what one would expect from it’s Baptist roots</p>
<p>University of Rochester - Meliora - “Always Better” - Also founded by Baptists, who must of had an optimistic outlook</p>
<p>East Jabypp State College - “No, wait! We can explain!!”</p>
<p>With apologies to Dave Barry. Fill in your most disliked school for East Jabypp!</p>
<p>Lux et Veritas – light and truth</p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>Artes, Scientia, Veritas
(“Arts, science, truth”)</p>
<p>Lux Sit and Dance was the name of the outfit at the U of Washington that put on light shows (waaaaay back in the day)</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: “Veritas vos liberabit”
(the truth shall make you free)</p>
<p>Lots of truth stuff in these mottos, huh?</p>
<p>Whoa, light shows, I remember those…</p>
<p>Wheaton (Mass.)“That they may have life, and may have it abundantly”.(1834)</p>
<p>The Rutgers Seal is an adaptation of that of the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, an ancient seat of learning, whose Latin motto surrounding a sunburst is Sol iustitiae nos illustra – Sun of righteousness, shine upon us-- based on two biblical texts, Malachi 4:2 and Matthew 13:43. Queens College, forerunner of Rutgers College, modified the Utrecht seal to read Sol iustitiae et occidentem illustra-- embracing the Western world, meaning Sun of righteousness, shine upon the West also.</p>
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Probably derived from Harvard, whose motto is simply “Veritas.”</p>
<p>“God, Country, Notre Dame”</p>
<p>MIT - “Mens et manus” mind and hand</p>
<p>“Multi frigent, pauci rigent.”</p>
<p>University of Antarctica (Many are cold [but] few are frozen.)</p>
<p>magna quantitas, plus bene es</p>
<p>More is better</p>
<p>London School of Economics</p>
<p>(JK)</p>
<p>Gotta check my car windshield tomorrow for the Latin wording, but the translation is “let it all hang out” (Evergreen State College)</p>
<p>OK, I remembered: OMNIA EXTARES (Let it all hang out)</p>
<p>Wellesley College – Non ministrari, sed ministrare. (Not to be served, but to serve.)</p>
<p>Also, written on an open book’s pages (part of the seal) is “Incipit vita nova” (here begins a new life).</p>
<p>I just saw this on a Rutgers football board:</p>
<p>“Rutgers Football: 136 years of tradition entirely unimpeded by progress.”</p>
<p>Wisconsin – Numen Lumen.</p>
<p>When I was in school there was this schizophrenic old gentleman who could always be seen in the student union wearing a red/white beanie or stocking cap (depended on the season!), knee socks, sweater, etc. talking to himself. Everybody called HIM “Numen Lumen.”</p>
<p>But according to the Wisc. Alumni Assn., Numen Lumen isn’t anybody’s name:</p>
<p>"The phrase ‘Numen Lumen,’ developed as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s seal and motto, is Latin and can be translated to mean, ‘God, our light.’ But, according to a University Communications News Library article, the UW’s first chancellor, John Lathrop, who assisted in the creation of the motto, interpreted it to mean, ‘The divine within the universe, however manifested, is my light.’</p>
<p>This credo was the UW’s first seal and was chosen to reflect the religious beliefs and values of Wisconsin citizens. And apparently, the UW was not the only university to use such strong religious words and objects in its motto at the time, many other universities used similar references. Although ‘Numen Lumen’ is still an important seal at the university, it is not as heavily used in representations of UW-Madison today."</p>
<p>Is it any wonder? Nobody can translate it!</p>
<p>Yeah those long-suffering Scarlet Knights played against Princeton in the first ever college football game. I remember that RU lobbied for a College Football Hall of Fame, but didn’t that go to Notre Dame, or another worthy contender?</p>
<p>Beat Princeton in 1869 and then didn’t beat them again until 60 years later or something like that.</p>