From: the Lions Gate Times, July 1971

David Watson of West Van
designs CapCollege symbol

Capilano College at last has
its own symbol.

The symbol, embodying the
letters “CC”, has a_ distinct
Indian motif to it. Designer was
West Vancouver graphic artist
David Watson.

The college has also adopted
dark blue and light blue as its
colors.

The symbol was one of a
series submitted to the college
cabinet by Watson after discus-
sion with students and faculty.
The series was even displayed
in Park Royal for a short time
to get public reaction.

“We believe that we have
‘now come up with a distinctive
symbol that appeals to every-
body,” said Principal A. H.
Glenesk.

The college has been in search
of a symbol since it first opened

- in September, 1968. Various con-

tests have been held among ~

students but none produced a
design that had any wide ac-
ceptance. In the meantime, the
college has used a number of
different Indian motifs as sym-
bols, including a thunderbird
and a whale’s head.

“It was generally agreed that

the college should get away
from a complete Indian theme
in its symbol, but we wanted
to retain some reference to it,”
Glenesk said. “Our new symbol
does this quite effectively.”
Watson said the character of
Capilano College ‘‘is best sum-
med up as young, progressive
and dynamic in its outlook.
“With this in mind, we tried
to symbolize these features in
the simplest possible way, to
create a crest or symbol that
would not only have strong

shape identification, but in some
way characterize the institution.

“A place of learning, with an
Indian name and located by the
sea were the features that we
decided to work on. These were
covered, we ‘félt, by using the
general shape of the feather
formation from the Indian thun-
derbird design.

“The space inside the C’s we
formed into book silhouettes.
The dark and light blue color
scheme was intended to repre-
sent the sea and the sky.”