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Racial integration[edit]

While the source cited for the fact is one generally recognized as a reliable one, Martin Methodist is probably best described as the first traditionally white private college in Tennessee to be racially integrated; some of the HBCUs, notably Fisk University, admitted white students years before the date given.2600:1004:B121:383B:C55E:82C7:A3F8:41DD (talk) 23:32, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Motto[edit]

The official UT Southern page does not list a motto anywhere on it. However, it can be presumed that as it is no longer a private religious school but a public secular school the old Martin Methodist motto of “Opportunitas et Religio” is out of date. Furthermore, in official images from the university, such as the header image on This page, show a seal with the Latinate phrase “Cognito, Opportunitas, Veritas.”

If there is a disagreement about whether that phrase is the official motto or not, at least there is also a complete absence of documentation for “Opportunitas et Religio” to be listed as the motto, either. Akhenaten0 (talk) 13:14, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]