The present emblem was adopted in 1939. The symbolism calls on the seekers after
knowledge and truth to hold the torch, read the book and reap the harvest.
The college motto is 'The Truth shall make
you free'
The College motto is drawn from a statement made by Jesus to the Jews: 'You will
know the truth and the truth will make you free'. That the way to ultimate freedom
is through ultimate truth was known to the great thinkers and sages of the world.The
Rigveda proclaims that 'Truth is the support of the earth'.
Buddha exhorts: 'Hold to the truth within yourselves as to the only lamp'. The Quran
declares that 'God is truth'. To Gandhiji, the father of the nation, the whole of
life was the pursuit of or experiments with truth. His life demonstrated to the
world, although in a limited field, that the way of truth leads to freedom.
Francis Bacon starts his essay on 'Truth' with the statement 'What is truth? said
Jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answer'. Those who, like Pilate, are cynical
in their attitude to truth can never attain the true freedom that is the reward
of the earnest seekers after truth.
Traditionally the True has been linked with the Good and the beautiful as one of
man's supreme values. The pursuit of truth is in practice indistinguishable from
the pursuit of knowledge. True knowledge sought in a spirit of enquiry should mature
into wisdom and reverence.
The College is a community of teachers and students bound together in partnership
in the pursuit of truth, and those who assist them in this pursuit.
