Over the summer, I went to Chicago for both vacation and to visit University of Chicago. While I was touring the campus, I noticed that their crest had the Latin phrase "Crescat Scienta; Vita Excolatur". This means "Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched". UChicago's first president, William Rainey Harper, said in his first decennial address that "Complete freedom of speech on all subjects has from the beginning been regarded as fundamental in the University of Chicago. This principle can neither now nor at any future time be called in question". This declaration supports the Latin phrase on their crest, because both knowledge and human life are enriched through freedom of speech and spreading knowledge on all subjects.
Rachel Neil
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