Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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THE YAMAGRAW ISSUED BY THE FOURTH SENIOR CLASS OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

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History of The Coat of Arms NE of the proudest heritages of our University is its right to the use of General Oglethorpe ' s coat of arms; and we gladly accept this heritage because it represents the superb ideals of that wonderful man who was both the founder of our State and the inspiration of our University. A copy of the Coat of Arms was found in an old book at the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The shield consists of a field argent with a black chevron and three boars ' heads, two heads above the chevron and one below. It is surmounted by a larger boar ' s head with a green twig and tusk showing. The motto on the scroll beneath reads, Nescit Cedere. Only one change has been made from the original coat of arms: General Ogle- thorpe ' s motto Nescit Cedere has been changed to read, Manu Dei Resurrexit. Until this year there had been no official Coat of Arms of the University; but this summer Dr. Jacobs had made a large-sized reproduction of the Coat of Arms, which was stamped on his watch fob. This Coat of Arms is beautifully carved in walnut and was made in Switzerland. It is to be the official Coat of Arms of the University and hangs above Dr. Jacobs ' desk in his office in Lupton Hall. YAMACRAW amacraw is a native Georgia word; it is the name of a tribe of Indians who lived near the bluff where Oglethorpe first landed. This bluff was called ama- craw Bluff and is today just outside of Savannah. It was on this bluff that General Oglethorpe negotiated treaties with the Indians which caused them to move and to settle along the banks of the Chattahoochee. Several appropriate names were suggested for our first Annual, but none ot them carried with them the associations of the old word Yamacraw ; and since the publication of the first Annual ro more fittinn; name has been found.