Labor omnia vincit
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Labor omnia vincit or Labor omnia vincit improbus is a
Augustus Caesar's "Back to the land" policy, aimed at encouraging more Romans to become farmers.[citation needed
]
Labor movement
A frequent motto within the U.S labor movement, the phrase is a historically significant
Pullman Company porters founded by civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph
. The College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India and founded in the year 1794 has the phrase "Labor Omnia Vincit" in its logo. This may be the earliest adoption of the phrase by any organization.
The motto is used by the Geelong Trades Hall Council in Australia. It is also put up on the
Cities, states, and recreation
The phrase is also a frequent motto across many townships, cities, and states. Currently the
West Bromwich Albion FC
• In cinema this slogan was used in a landmark French picture "Le Voyage dans la lune" or "A Trip To The Moon" a silent film brought to life in 1902 by director Georges Méliès. This is a classic vision about a group of men venturing to the moon and back. The scene in which the slogan is depicted comes at the end when they return to earth. Celebrating the triumph, a statue is brought forth with a scholar pointing to the heavens with the word SCIENCE surrounded by olive branches on the base, above this states the term LABOR • OMNIA • VINCIT
Educational institutions
Many educational institutions have adopted the phrase as a motto, including:
Africa
- Bhujoharry College (Boys), Port Louis, Mauritius
- Flintstone Engineering, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Universidade A Politecnica, Maputo, Mozambique
- Angola
- Moçâmedes, est. 1840, Angola
- South Africa
- H. T. S. Loiue Botha, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- High School Westonaria, Westonaria, Gauteng, South Africa
Mitchell High School, Durban, South Africa
- Ghana (West Africa)
- Kenya ( Eastern Africa)
- Menengai High School, Nakuru Kenya
- Mombasa Technical Training Institute, Mombasa Kenya
- Olkejuado High School, Kajiado Kenya
- Lesotho (Southern Africa)
- Mamathe High School, Teya-teyaneng, Berea, Lesotho
- Nigeria (West Africa)
- Offa Grammar School, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria
- South Africa
- Robert Carruthers Primary School, Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Tshepagalang High School Northwest [Brit]
- Zambia (Southern Africa)
- St Paul's Mulungushi Secondary School, Kabwe, Zambia, founded in 1960 by Marist Brothers.
Sierra Leone (West Africa)
- St Helena A.M.E. Secondary school
Asia
- The Elite's Co-Ed School, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Greenwich University, Karachi, Pakistan
- Hong Kong
- Queen's College, Hong Kong
- St. Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary Technical School
- India
- Albany Hall Public School, Kolkata, India
- College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India
- Government Aizawl College, Aizawl, India
- Indus Academy, Hyderabad, India
- Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, India
- St. John's Senior Secondary School, Meerut, India
- St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore, India
- St. Jude's School, Amritsar, India
- St. Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, India
- St. Mary's Convent High School, Nainital, India
- St. Sebastian Goan High School, Mumbai, India
- Sydenham College, Mumbai, India
- Malaysia
- Gajah Berang Secondary English School, Malacca, Malaysia[citation needed]
- Kajang High School, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Sekolah Menengah Gajah Berang,[3] Melaka, Malaysia
- St. Xavier's Institution, Penang, Malaysia
- Singapore
- Montfort Secondary School[4]
- Outram Secondary School[5]
- St. Gabriel's Secondary School
- Sri Lanka
- Royal College Colombo
- Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala
- Thailand
- Assumption College Lampang, Thailand
- Assumption College Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
- Assumption College Rayong, Thailand
- Assumption College Samutprakarn, Thailand
- Assumption College Sriracha, Thailand
- Assumption College, Thailand
- Assumption College Thonburi, Thailand
- Assumption College Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
- Assumption Commercial College, Thailand
- Assumption Technical School Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
- Assumption University of Thailand, Thailand
- Montfort College, Chiang Mai Thailand
- Saint Gabriel's College, Thailand
- St. Louis College Chachoengsao, Thailand
Europe
- Finland
- Hämeenlinnan Lyseo, Hämeenlinna, Finland
- Iisalmen Lyseo, Iisalmi, Finland
- Romania
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
- Nicolae KretzulescuSuperior Economic School (College), Bucharest, Romania
- Mihai Eminescu National College, Constanța, Romania
- Spain
- Academia Cots, Alicante, Spain
- Academia Cots, Barcelona, Spain
- Academia Cots, Lleida, Spain
- Academia Cots, Valencia, Spain
- Universidad a distancia de Madrid, (UDIMA), Madrid, Spain
- United Kingdom
- Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, Altrincham, Greater Manchester
- Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School, Nr Haverhill, Suffolk
- Cheltenham College, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Collingwood School, Wallington, London Borough of Sutton, South London
- Elmfield College (1863–1932), Heworth, York
- Hamilton Academy, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
- Ilkeston Grammar School, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- Kettlethorpe High School, Maths And Computing College, Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
- Midhurst Grammar School, Midhurst, West Sussex
- Northgate Grammar School for Girls, Ipswich 1931–1977
- Strathallan School, Forgandenny, Perthshire
- Strathaven Academy, Strathaven, Lanarkshire
- The Eastwood School, Leigh On sea, Essex
- Tredworth Junior School,[6] Tredworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Villiers High School, Southall, London Borough of Ealing, West London
- Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Turkey
- American Collegiate Institute Debate Club, Izmir
North America
- Canada
- Ashton College,[7] Vancouver, BC
- Barrie Central Collegiate Institute, Barrie, Ontario
- Brockville Collegiate Institute, Brockville, Ontario
- Brooks Composite High School,[8] Brooks, AB
- Elliot Lake Secondary School - ELSS, Elliot Lake, Ontario
- Gloucester High School, Ottawa, Ontario
- Hamiota Collegiate Institute,[9] Hamiota, MB
- Hants East Rural High School,[10] Milford, NS
- Hartland High School,[11] Hartland, New Brunswick
- Huntsville High School, Huntsville, ON
- Liverpool Regional High School, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
- Naicam High School, Naicam, Saskatchewan
- Newmarket High School, Newmarket, Ontario
- North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
- Paris District High School, Paris, Ontario
- Queen Elizabeth Junior and Senior High School (Calgary), Alberta
- Rosemount High School, Montreal, Quebec
- Saugeen District Secondary School,[12] Port Elgin, Ontario
- St. Catharines Collegiate, Ontario
- St. John's School,[13] St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
- Whitehorse High School, Whitehorse, Yukon (closed in 1962)
- W.L. Seaton Secondary School,[14] Vernon, BC
- Caribbean and Central America
- Bahamas Baptist Community College, Nassau, Bahamas
- Escuela Agrìcola Panamericana Zamorano, Honduras
- Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School
- Merl Grove High School Kingston, Jamaica
- Rusea's High School, Lucea, Jamaica
- Saltus Grammar School, Pembroke, Bermuda
- San Juan Senior Comprehensive, Trinidad
- St. Jago High School, Spanish Town, Jamaica
- The Convent High School, Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica
- Zeta Mu Gamma Fraternity, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Fajardo Academy, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
- Mexico
- Benemérita Escuela Normal Federalizada de Tamaulipas (BENFT), Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
- Instituto Salvatierra, A.C., Mexicali, Baja California
- United States
- Alpha Phi Tau Fraternity, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio
- Beverly High School Lacrosse Team, Beverly, Massachusetts
- Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana
- Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Indiana
- Fessenden School, West Newton, Massachusetts
- Gardner High School,[15] Gardner, Massachusetts
- Loudon High School, Loudon, Tennessee
- Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton, Massachusetts
- Peter Donahue Mechanics Monument, San Francisco, California
- The Potomac School, McLean, Virginia
- Prosser Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois
- Puyallup High School, Puyallup, Washington
- Storer College, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (closed in 1965)
- Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina
Oceania
- Suva Sangam College, Suva, Fiji Islands
- Australia
- Birdwood High School, SA Australia
- Bourke High School, Australia
- Captains Flat Public School, NSW Australia
- Dubbo Public School,[16] NSW, Australia
- Glenunga International High School, Australia
- Hagley Farm Primary School, Tasmania, Australia
- Hampton Senior High School, Morley, Western Australia
- Kapunda High School, Kapunda, SA, Australia
- Liverpool Boys High School, NSW Australia
- Liverpool Girls High School, NSW Australia
- Maitland Grossmann High School, Australia
- Malanda State High, QLD Australia
- Maleny State School, QLD Australia
- Chinchilla State High, QLD Australia
- Muswellbrook High School, New South Wales, Australia
- Paddington Public School, Sydney, Australia.
- Panania Public School, Sydney, Australia
- Peterborough High School,[17] Peterborough, SA - Australia
- Princes Street Primary School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Roseville College, Sydney, Australia
- Shepparton High School, Victoria, Australia
- Sydney Girls High School, Australia
- Wellington High School,[18] Wellington, NSW - Australia
- Windellama Public School, New South Wales, Australia
- New Zealand
- Geraldine High School
South America
- The Bishops' High School, Guyana
- Argentina
- Balmoral College, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Escuela Nº 1 Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Concordia, Argentina
- Instituto San José de Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- City of Punta Arenas
- Chilean Gendarmerie
- Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, Santiago, Chile
- Liceo de Hombres Manuel Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile
- Primera Compañia de Bomberos, Concepción, Chile (A firefighters company)
- Saint Peter's School, Viña del Mar, Chile
- Ecuador
- Academia Naval Illingworth, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Peru
See also
References
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- ISBN 978-3-95415-128-8.
- ^ "LAMAN WEB SMK GAJAH BERANG MELAKA". September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- ^ "Home". montfortsec.moe.edu.sg.
- ^ "School Philosophy, Motto & Badge". outramsec.moe.edu.sg.
- ^ "Home | Tredworth Junior School". www.tredworth-jun.gloucs.sch.uk.
- ^ "Ashton College Vancouver - Business and Career College in B.C." Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ "Homepage | Brooks Composite High School". bchs.grasslands.ab.ca.
- ^ "Hamiota Collegiate". www.hamiotacollegiate.ca.
- ^ "HERH - Hants East Rural High". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "Pages - Home". secure1.nbed.nb.ca.
- ^ "Saugeen District Secondary School". Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "St. Johns School". February 22, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009.
- ^ "W.L.Seaton Secondary Home Page". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Gardner High School :: School Mission". Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
- ^ "Home - Dubbo Public School". dubbo-p.schools.nsw.gov.au.
- ^ Australia, Department for Education and Child Development South. "Department for Education and Child Development". www.phs.sa.edu.au.
- ^ "Home - Wellington High School". wellington-h.schools.nsw.gov.au.
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