Morris College - Hornet Yearbook (Sumter, SC)

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The Morris College Seal The Morris College Seal performs a two-fold purpose: to authenticate the written communication of business with which the College is involved, and provide an artistic source of communication as a symbol that projects the purpose and objectives of the College. The present seal is a new seal that was necessitated by the developmental change and progress in the purpose and objectives of the College that were predicated by new trends in education and a changing social order. Consequently, in 1969, President 0. R. Reuben commissioned Mr. Theolander M. Taylor, Art instructor, at the College to design the new seal. The seal is a discus consisting of two circles and a triangle with a raised torch depicted in the center. The outer circle, a dynamic element of the design, suggests movement that is symbolic of progress to which the College is dedicated. The torch represents knowledge that is provided by the College though the administration and faculty. In the triangle God's placement at the apex symbolizes his eminence and the emphasis the College places on Christian education. Knowledge appears in the right angle and re-emphasizes the major objectives of the College. The figure of man in the left angle represents mankind and relates to the coeducational constituency of the College's student body.