McGill University - Old McGill Yearbook (Montreal Quebec, Canada)

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'Ewa' 'M ' Lf' 'ffi 'tl'-N' --7- THE SIR THOMAS RODDICK MEMORIAL GATES L31-it 1 i 5

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OLD MC GI LL PUBLISHED BY THE JUNIOR YEAR A D. MCMXXV L 5

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The University Arms The Old Shield is impersonalg it does not recall just one single group of associates, but centres all memories . . . V V 5 f fi 3 3 5 i 3 2 5 wrt .. iiklllllib fy! iff'-if 'inf 04' JCUNTX la . ufiilx NTIL 1904 McGill University had used for its arms those of its founder, blames McGill . . . Gules three martlets proper Ci.e. a red shield with three swallows without feet, in their proper colours, black back and white breastj surmounted by a Royal Crown, probably in virtue of the charter as the Royal Institution for the Advance' ment of Learning. When Dr. Adami pointed out that these arms were both faulty and inadequate for McGill University, a committee composed of Dean Moyse, Dr. Adami and P. E. Nohhs prepared the coat which is now fully registered in the Somerset College of Heralds. The description of the coat of arms, which is in conformity with convenf tions of University Arms, is as follows :- BLAZON'4ATg6HI three martlets Gules on a chief dancette of the second between two crowns ancient of the field, a boolq proper bearing the legend ln domino confidofi Motto: Grandescunt aucta labore. The inclusion of the hook, which carries the founders motto, indicates the possession of University powers. The two ancient French crowns refer to the origin of the site and to the Royal Charter of the University. The three points symbolize our three snowfclad mountains, the three martlets being the reversal of the McGill family arms, in deference to our founder. The motto, selected hy Sir Wm. Dawson, broadly interpreted is 'Great things increase by dutiful labour.