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Mister Ed

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4. Thanks. That explains it.

Reply to unhappycamper (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 11:07 AM

Mar 2016

If this was originally the family crest of the Royalls, then the sheafs of gathered wheat almost certainly represent slave labor.

Without the knowledge that it was an adaptation of the Royall family crest, I would have guessed that the sheafs probably represented The Gathering of Knowledge, and the Bounty That Results From That Noble Harvest or some such folderol.

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Harvard Coop to sell off remaining merchandise with law school shield [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2016 OP

Wow! EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #1

The article didn't make it entirely clear to me why the shield's being discontinued. Mister Ed Mar 2016 #2

Here's the reason why Harvard's dropping that shield: unhappycamper Mar 2016 #3

Thanks. That explains it. Mister Ed Mar 2016 #4