Editing Acadia University (section)

==Symbols==
In 1974, Acadia was granted a coat of arms designed by the [[College of Arms]] in London, England. The coat of arms is two-tone, with the school's official colours, garnet and blue, on the shield. The axes represent the school's origins in a rural setting, and the determination of its founders who cleared the land and built the school on donated items and labour. The open books represent the intellectual pursuits of a university, and the wolves heads are a whimsical representation of the university's location in Wolfville.  "In pulvere vinces" (In dust you conquer) is the motto.<ref>[http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/fta/oct297.html Acadia University's Coat of Arms] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225194559/http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/research/fta/oct297.html |date=25 December 2007 }}</ref>

The university seal depicts the Greek goddess of wisdom [[Athena]] in front of the first college hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadiau.ca/chaplain/window.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615184810/http://www.acadiau.ca/chaplain/window.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2008|title=The Chancel Window|date=15 June 2008|access-date=16 August 2018}}</ref>

The university also uses a stylized "A" as a logo for its sports teams.

Notable among a number of [[fight song]]s commonly played and sung at various events such as [[Graduation|commencement]], [[convocation]], and athletic games are: the Acadia University [[alma mater]] set to the tune of "[[Annie Lisle]]". The lyrics are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/sound/Alma_Mater_Exerp.mp3 |title=Alma Mater |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706164218/http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/sound/Alma_Mater_Exerp.mp3 |publisher=Acadia University |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>
{{block indent|1=<poem>
Far above the dykes of Fundy
And its basin blue
Stands our noble alma mater
Glorious to view

Lift the chorus
Speed it onward
Sing it loud and free
Hail to thee our alma mater
Acadia, hail to thee

Far above the busy highway
And the sleepy town
Raised against the arch of heaven
Looks she proudly down
</poem>}}