This is a listing of year mottos, which are displayed on a bar on the upper left sleeve. Before the class of Sci' 99, the EngSoc motto was worn in this location.
Year | Motto | Translation |
---|---|---|
'91-'92 | Sesquicentennial | Commemorating 150th Year of the University |
'93 | Centennial | 100 Years of Applied Science at Queen's |
'99 | Humaniores Quam Humani
Humaniores Quam Humni (typo) |
More Human Than Human
More Human Than Dirt (typo) |
'00 | Si Id Ungues Veniemus | If You Grease It, We Will Come |
'01 | Excribo Ergo Sum | I Blast, Therefore I Am |
'02 | Vobiscum Sabulum Sit | May The Quartz Be With You |
'03 | Pauci Insignes Purpurati | The Few, The Proud, The Purple |
'04 | Veni Ascendi Vici | We Came, We Sport Humped, We Conquered |
'05 | Icio Ergo Sum | I Slam, Therefore I Am |
'06 | Invenite Aut Facite | Find A Way, Or Make One |
'07 | Pellibus Uniti Pulastis | United We Slam |
'08 | Purpureos Fortuna Adiuvat | Fortune Favours The Purple |
'09 | Ostro Non Densius | Gentian Is Thicker Than Water |
'10 | Liber Quod Purpurpeus | Live Free Or Dye Purple |
'11 | Fortibus Sanguis Purpureus | The Strong Bleed Gentian |
'12 | Durior Citior Purpureus | Harder, Better, Faster, Purple |
'13 | Noctu Laedemus In Inferno | Tonight We Slam In Hell |
'14 | Solum Haec Arma Gero | I Need Only This Armour |
'15 | Nos Impossibilia Perficimus | Impossible is What We Do |
'16 | Gentiana Evanescit, Legantia Permanet | Gentian Fades, Legacy Remains |
'17 | Honor Super Famam, Ferrum Super Aurum | Honour Over Glory, Iron Over Gold |
'18 | Tunsi In Igne, Alligati Ferro | Forged in Fire, Bound by Iron |
'19 | Ferro ducimus, purpureum sanguinem fundimus | By iron we lead, in gentian we bleed |
'20 | Animo ferreo aureoque corde | With wills of iron and hearts of gold |
'21 | Futura Ferrea Fabricanda | The Future, like Iron, is Ours to Forge |
'22 | Nitentes Ad Ferrum Purpurati | In Purple We Thrive, For Iron We Strive |
'23 | [pending translation to Latin] | Plague we survive, for iron we thrive |
Arts '25+ | Ineptum, tam plane inepta | Silly, So Very Very Silly |
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