Boston University - HUB Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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e ' Besides the fact that Boston University's motto 'ao - Learning, Virtue, Piety Q tb - appears on paper cups and the bookstore's plastic bags, most people . know very little about its meaning and ori- in. Thise three words first appeared on a document dat- fi' ing back to the founding of the University, but it has only 6 been our official motto since 1928. In the Spring of that year, ot President Daniel L. Marsh wrote the Boston University Hymn, using the three basic rinciples stated in the charter granted to the school in 1867. He based the Kaur original stanzas fthere are now fivej on the clause me which reads: fi' The clear rents and profits of all the estate . . . shall be appropriated to the mainte- nance and endowment of said university, in such manner as shall rnost effectively promote virtue and piety, and learning in such of the languages and of the liberal and useful arts and sci- ences. . . Therefore, the second stanza of the Hymn reads, in part: O wonderful thy Charter's aim! High Learning's perfect flower! and Virtue's fruit. President Marsh was proud of the history and origins of Boston University. He often mentioned that the institution is descended from Oxford University in England. Because of this distinguished heritage, he de-