The History of the Williston Northampton identity
1886
1848
samuel’s portrait
Samuel Williston’s
view of campus
It was common
portrait made an ap-
in the 1800s to
pearance in the senior
represent the school
yearbook, The Williston
with an image of
Bus. Our archivist notes
the buildings and
that it did not seem to
grounds.
be widely used.
1964-1968
northampton school for girls Freehand ver-
sions of the seal appeared in yearbooks and in the Pegasus newspaper throughout the 1940s-1960s, but Sarah Whitaker and Dorothy Bement did not use it on school letterhead. It did not appear in the Catalogue until the late 1960s, and then only as a hand rendering.
1871 williston seminary
1892
christo et ecclesiae Debuting in the Annual
Catalogue, the first school seal was circular.
Students wanted a school
It featured the school name, founding date,
symbol that included
and academic symbols of a globe, compass
more flourishes. They
or calipers, quills, scroll, and books. It also
drew this ornate Williston
included the motto “Christo et Ecclesiae”
Seminary design for a
(Christ and Church). Different versions of
student publication.
this seal appeared in the mid-20th century.
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