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Previous | Home | NextAbove the doorway, the motto of the university is inscribed, "Arduus ad solem" ("Striving toward the sun," meaning "Aspiring toward excellence"). The original verse from Virgil's Aeneid book VI includes a reference to the serpent (associated with wisdom) and the sun. The arms were originally granted in October 1871 to Owens College.
