Symbols
The official symbol of Pi Beta Phi is the arrow and the unofficial mascot is the angel. The badge (pin) is a golden arrow. The pledge pin is a golden arrowhead with the Greek letter Βeta. The fraternity colors are wine and silver blue. The official flower is the wine carnation. The crest is a lozenge emblazoned with the crest of the Brownlee family, two of whom were founders of the fraternity.
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Famous quotes containing the word symbols:
“That way of inspiration
is always open,
and open to everyone;
it acts as go-between, interpreter,
it explains symbols of the past
in to-day’s imagery.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The use of symbols has a certain power of emancipation and exhilaration for all men. We seem to be touched by a wand, which makes us dance and run about happily, like children. We are like persons who come out of a cave or cellar into the open air. This is the effect on us of tropes, fables, oracles, and all poetic forms. Poets are thus liberating gods.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)