Egbert - G. Williams - Job - Dillingham - Phillips - Whalen
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President, Ithaca College, 1970-1975
Ellis Phillips was inaugurated on April 7, 1971. His inauguration was marked by an Academic Festival, and an inauguration ceremony complete with visiting delegates, the appearance of a presidential medallion and multimedia presentations.
The Logo
The logo designed for the occasion has the text of "Man in Control" -- half is sun and stars, half is brain. The inauguration program describes the logo as follows:
From the beginning, man has searched the world and the stars for the ultimate answers to his destiny. He has developed the tools and knowledge to plumb the earth and traverse the planets. He is beginning to comprehend that the ultimate answers are not in the stars but in training the mind of man to live in harmony with the natural world in which he is the most intelligent component.Today symbolizes the commencement of a new era in the history of Ithaca College. We begin this new era aware of the challenges and responsibilities of the present and the future. We celebrate with an Academic Festival because we realize that education is the key to man's destiny -- the means through which man can learn to control himself and nature to achieve a better world.
Festive Ode for an Academic Occasion
Words by Eric A. BlackallMusic by Karel Husa
Gaudeamus! Let us now rejoice
And give praise to men of high renown
Who in this place gave us our foundation.
For this is our heritage
Our inspiration and our joy,
our inspiration and our heritage.
Here we stand, full of strength,
Hearts aflame with desire
For truth in the firm pursuit of knowledge,
For the truth that is known
And the truth that is not known;
In widening horizons we dwell till we shall come forth
And say: "We know!"
Reach forth, seek, strive, take pride!
Praise, give thanks!
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The Presidential Medallion
The presidential medallion made its first appearance at President Phillips' inauguration. The program explains its significance:To symbolize the authority conferred by the Board of Trustees upon the President as the chief administrative officer of the College, the President is vested by the Chairman of the Board with the Presidential Medallion. The Medallion is in the form of the College Seal, cast in silver and suspended from a silver bar bearing the name of the President. To symobolize the continuity of the institution through its presidential leadership, the names and dates of the previous presidents are engraved on silver bars affixed to the chain which supports the Medallion. These are:
W. Grant Egbert -- 1892-1926(sic) Leonard B. Job -- 1932-1957 George C. Williams -- 1926-1932 Howard Dillingham -- 1957-1970
The president wears the medallion as the emblem of his office at official ceremonies where academic regalia is required.
Author: B. Bower, Ithaca College Archives. Last modified: Sunday, March 22, 1998 4:40:18 PM