Mission Statement and Motto Ideas

Myself or Neil will blast this e-mail to all concerned parties, but I thought I'd also put it up here for all to see. I've drafted a mission statement for the group, which will appear in our SAC charter. It goes something like this:

Since 1822, the name Enosinian—from the Greek for “contend” or “shake”—has marshaled under its banner young people of the university and its forerunner dedicated to the search for truth and virtue through earnest, spirited, public discourse on the most important issues of the day. Whereas the traditions of the Enosinian Society, in their most noble form, have for years lain dormant; and whereas our university and our polity are in need, now more than ever, of channels for rigorous, interrogative debate on the principles which inform our worldviews and guide our actions; We the reclaimers of the Enosinian reestablish this society with the aim of providing to our members a forum for exchange and edification, actuated, as our predecessors noted, “by a desire of improving ourselves in knowledge, eloquence and every accomplishment by which we may be the better prepared for any station in life.”

Also, some ideas for a motto:

Extant Latin maxims

aude sapere – “dare to know”

commune bonum – “the common good”

honor virutis preamium – “honour is the reward of virtue”

in excelsis – “in the highest”

iustitia omnibus – “justice for all”

ore rotundo – “with full voice”

salve veritate – “saving the truth”

summum bonum – “the highest good”

una voce – “with one's voice”

veritas nunquam perit – “truth never dies”

viva voce – “with living voice”



My own Stuff (my Latin is rusty, who knows if the conjugations are right)

Familiaritas ad Veritas – "friends of the truth"

locus in quo veritas- "the place in which the truth resides"

Deus nobis Fiducia, Veritas nobis Amor – “Our trust in God, our love in truth”

Unicus hostis quod est mendacium – “the only enemy is that which is false”

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