While in Melbourne I happened to walk past Melbourne University, and its associated Teachers' College, and I was struck by their mottoes. Keen extension students should be able to tell me what each of the mottoes means, and how they are related.
[University of Melbourne motto, left; Melbourne Teachers' College, right]
5 comments:
Nice find, JM! I work at Melbourne Uni, so am familiar with "postera crescam laude" but hadn't been aware of the Teachers' College motto. That will be a nice bit of trivia to share at a future staff or committee meeting... :-)
the angel lady maybe says: I grow with posterity's praise
and the dog gargoyle bat thing says: Not all of me will die.
Or something mroe eloquent like that
cos its a uni n' all. smart people go there and do artsy/knowledge stuff, which horace reckons will allow them to grow transcend mortal death.
the answers Horace isnt it?
Part of the answer is Horace; both mottoes are a quote from the same Horace poem (III.30), which you can read more about here or here.
I think "exegi monumentum aere perennius" would be a good motto for the Faculty of Architecture...
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