Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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s . , ' tif 'f ir. 'ii'.'l'fff. f it nfl 1 QZAWOOI. - 30 4 x ,' v.,.. si l X .4-VL .7 1 1 7.4 'Q 5 , Q '-ia! . H A n f ' , RN-4195 4 L., di. 1 cided in 1946 that Boston University needed a coat of arms to reflect its proud history. In his Founder's Day Address in 1947, President Marsh spoke of the three dynamic purposive words of our Charter: We crusade for the promotion of virtue, - for total excellence, courage, loyalty, honesty, integrity, for goodness that is victorious through trial, temptation and conflict, for honesty tried and tested, especially in those things which go beyond the reach of legal requirements 5 for integrity W ich denotes more than super- ficial and convenient honestyp for the life that shines serene in the darkness and dread of night. We are Crusaders for the promotion of piety. Piety is a controlling reverence toward God. 6 ,It is religious devoutness, and includes filial honor and loyalty to parents, superiors and country. We are Crusaders for truth, but always in a spirit of affirmation rather than 6. of negation of reverence rather than irreverence We will be careful of far more than the instinctive worship of an awestruck hour. We must keep ourse- 6 Ives sensitive to life's tragic grandeur. fi In crusading for the promotion of learning and virtue and pi- ety, We will give the utmost for the highest, we will be loyal A to the royal within, for we know that the uncommon life is the child of the common day lived in an uncom- mon Way. - Because of the important part they V played in the development of the Uni- versity, President Marsh had the 6 words, Learning, Virtue, Pi- 1 ety incorporated into o the coat of arms de-

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It is the supreme art ofthe teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein Peter A. Bertocci - Professor of Philosophy 1 Because Peter Bertocci possesses those qualities which make the word teacher come to life, Hub '76 dedicates this book to him.