Acorn Jokes, page 217

"The Acorn", Coe's former yearbook (the last issue was published in 2007), was named after the acorn on the school's crest.  An acorn grows to become a large sturdy oak tree, which was seen as an analogy of the student entering college and growing to become a pillar of society.  Around the acorn are the words "Sig. Coll. Coensis Veritas Virtusque" roughly translated "The Seal of Coe College, Truth and Virtue".   The seal was modified in the late 1930s to incorporate the family shield of Daniel Coe, the college's first benefactor and its namesake.  The acorn now lies above the Coe crest in the seal, with the the original Latin surrounding both.

As a continuation from last week, here is page 217 of the advertisement section of the 1938 yearbook.


~Sara Pitcher, Archives Assistant