university degrees
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 by AriThe seal of Columbia University contains the Hebrew name of god, and the seal of Dartmouth college contains the phrase “el shadai” (also in Hebrew). Does this mean that a degree from either of these colleges is considered shamot and cannot be thrown away? The same goes for T-shirts and other college related paraphernalia that are emblazoned with the seal. In other words, does intent matter when creating the words, or only the resultant text? Has anyone encountered this before?
Since I’m on the subject, the Wash U seal is incredibly boring by comparison. It also doesn’t seem to exist anywhere online – I had to go find my diploma in order to see what it looked like, although a brief description is on the commencement page. It’s a simple open book with the Latin name of the university (Universitas Washingtoniana) printed circularly around it.
