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and associate professor, found the first of these Seals in the library archives as wax Seals on diplomas from 1853 and 1907. This first Seal includes no founding date; however, Greek letters spell out the school motto. The second Seal also includes the school motto in Greek letters. It was used from 1927-1959.
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Although debate still continues today on the translation of the motto from the Greek to the
English, the actual Greek quotation from Plato's Republic is Lampadia Exontes Diadosousin Allelois, which forms the basis for the modern version of the motto. Paul Parlato, dean of the School of Community
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