Editing Dalhousie University (section)

===Motto and song===
The university motto {{lang|la|Ora et Labora}} translates from Latin as "pray and work"; it adopted in 1870 from the [[Earl of Dalhousie]]'s motto to replace the university's original one, which the administration believed did not convey confidence.{{sfn|Waite|1997|p=98}} The original motto was {{lang|la|Forsan}} (Latin for "perhaps"), and first appeared in the first ''Dalhousie Gazette'' of 1869. It was from [[Virgil]]'s [[Epic poetry|epic poem]] ''[[Aeneid]]'', Book&nbsp;1, line 203, {{lang|la|Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit}}, which translates as "Perhaps the time may come when these [difficulties] will be sweet to remember." In 2020, students and staff representatives sought to remove the inherently religious tone of the current motto and return to the first.{{sfn|Waite|1997|p=128}}

Among the school's songs is the "Carmina Dalhousiana", written in Halifax in 1882. A Dalhousie University songbook was compiled by Charles B. Weikel in 1904.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/college-songs-and-songbooks-emc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822034612/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000759SUBReadings|url-status=live |archive-date=22 August 2007 |title=College Songs and Songbooks |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |last=Green |first=Rebecca |publisher=Historica Canada |date=7 December 2015}}</ref>