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THE
ACADEMIC SEAL AND LOGO
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The academic
seal of Rice University was designed in 1912 by Pierre
de Chaignon la Rose of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who combined
the main elements of the coats of arms of sixteen prominent
families bearing the names Rice or Houston.
Owls of Athena—symbolic of wisdom—were
chosen for the charges. The Athenian owls on the Rice seal
were patterned after a design found on a small, silver tetradrachmenon
coin dating from the middle of the 5th century B.C. Because
Rice University was dedicated by its founder to the advancement
of "letters, science, and art," these words also were incorporated
into the seal.
The Rice
logo was adopted in 1989. The Rice academic seal and Rice
logo are protected designs and part of the Rice University
identity system. For information about the identity system
or permission to use a protected mark, please contact the
Office of Public Affairs at 713.348.6750.
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MASCOT:
OWL
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| When athletic activities
began at The Rice Institute in 1912, the Rice intercollegiate
teams adopted the owl as their mascot. Over the years, interpretations
of the mascot have included students dressed in owl costumes,
live great horned owls, and large owl statues of canvas and
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COLORS:
BLUE AND GRAY
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In 1912, Rice's
first president, Edgar Odell Lovett, chose as the school colors
"a blue still deeper than the Oxford blue" and "gray, enlivened
by a tinge of lavender."
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ALMA
MATER: RICE'S HONOR
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All for Rice's
Honor, we will fight on.
We will be fighting when this day is done;
And when the dawn comes breaking.
We'll be fighting on, Rice, for the Gray and Blue.
We will be loyal, to Rice be true.
(To the tune
of "Our Director March," written by Ben H. Mitchell '24 in
1922)
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