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The University Emblem IIH emblem of Washington University is derived from three sources : the coat of arms of George Washington, the official seal of the University, and the emblem of Louis IX. of France, after whom the City of St. Louis is named. The three stars and the two horizontal bands signifies University, and the fleur and stripes are also used to form therefore be read : Washington signify Washington, the opeu ba de lis signifies St. Louis. The star: the United States flag. The .emblem University, St. Louis, U. The emblem is often si ington University, St. Louis, witljl University was founded. But meaning of the symbols borne colors are used. The official flag of the University consists of a vertical strip of dark green next to the pole, with a vertical strip of dark red next to the free edge. In the center is placed the University emblem surrounded by sun’s rays, the words Washington University above, and the date 1853 below, in horizontal lines. All these are embroidered in gold. trap bearing the words Wash- date 1853, the year in which the Merely a repetition in words of the emblem, in which the University ii V Wli.VOTOMUMVEflti . UAINT LOOtS M!550 ' 10 ' r
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Y the middle of the last century, the great tide of westward immigration had entered St. Louis, and her citizens realized the need of a more comprehensive system of educa¬ tion than had yet existed. The city had been little more than a frontier trading post. Hunters and trappers had frequented her streets, and the prairie schooner on its way to a western claim had halted over night in the outskirts. With the influx of a great number of Germans in 1S4X, of the California gold seekers in ’41), and of the mass of people who followed them, St. Louis became, in size and population, a city. The inhabi¬ tants were still pioneers and the commerce was largely barter. The city lacked solid industrial development, and the special knowledge and general culture which alone could make that possible. With a view to laying the foundation for this knowledge, Mr. Wayman Crow secured the passage through the State Legislature of “An Act to incorporate Eliot Seminary.” The bill was approved on Washington’s Birthday, February 112, IKoB. The intention was to provide for an institution of learning which should be free to offer such instruction as might be needed within the sphere of its influence. Seventeen prominent St. Louisans and their associates and successors in
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