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Image:CUShield.png|University Shield | Image:CUShield.png|University Shield | ||
| − | Image:AlternateShield.jpg| Shield design currently in favor in the [[ | + | Image:AlternateShield.jpg| Shield design currently in favor in the [[Bookstore]]. Note the different [[Columbia Crown|crowns]] |
Image:OldShield.jpg|Older University design, from 1963 yearbook | Image:OldShield.jpg|Older University design, from 1963 yearbook | ||
Image:OldShieldCover.jpg|Older design embedded in a yearbook cover from the 1980s | Image:OldShieldCover.jpg|Older design embedded in a yearbook cover from the 1980s | ||
Revision as of 00:36, 4 March 2008
The University Shield, or coat of arms, is a symbol associated with Columbia. Some schools and divisions of the University use their own variation on the shield. However, most use the crown, and usage of the shield is becoming rarer. It has disappeared from the Law School's website, the podium used at University public events, the Soccer team uniforms, etc.
The shield depicted below is also sometimes depicted with gold crowns, though these are variations on the original. The similarity to the Oxford shield is probably intentional, as King's College was once envisioned to be the first university in North America, in the mold of Oxford and Cambridge, and the second President of King's College, Myles Cooper, was an Oxford-educated priest.
Its use is technically regulated by the Secretary of the University.
Pictures
University Shield
Older University design, from 1963 yearbook
Older design embedded in a yearbook cover from the 1980s
The University of Oxford Shield
The School of General Studies Shield
Early version of the GS Shield
CUMB Logo
Shield on the podium
