Editing Bucknell University (section)

==Traditions and symbols==
The current Bucknell seal was approved in 1849. It shows the sun, an open book, and waves. The sun symbolizes the light of knowledge, while the book represents education surmounting the storms and "waves" of life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bucknell.edu/x499.xm |title=University Seal |publisher=Bucknell University |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730151156/http://www.bucknell.edu/x499.xml |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bucknell's colors are blue and orange, having been approved by a committee of students in 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bucknell.edu/x495.xml |title=University Colors |publisher=Bucknell University |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730151206/http://www.bucknell.edu/x495.xml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[bison]] is the current mascot of Bucknell University. In 1923, William Bartol, a professor of mathematics and astronomy, suggested the animal due to Bucknell's location in the Buffalo Valley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bucknell.edu/x494.xml |title=University Mascot |publisher=Bucknell University |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730151209/http://www.bucknell.edu/x494.xml |url-status=dead}}</ref> The school cheer is "'ray Bucknell!"