Eta Kappa Nu Coat of Arms

Wheatstone Bridge

The shield is crested with a Wheatstone bridge, with the association's colors of scarlet and navy blue entwined beneath. Our emblem, the Wheatstone bridge, is an accurate precision electrical instrument, but the significant analogy which we draw from it for Eta Kappa Nu is the fact that it is in balance when it is correctly adjusted. This is what we strive for as members of Eta Kappa Nu: to lead a balanced life, a life in which scholarship, character, and personality are jointly developed. Remember, then, when you look at the Eta Kappa Nu emblem, the Wheatsone bridge is symbolic of a balanced human being.

The Caduceus, wand of Mercury, was preferred by our founder, Brother Carr, as the symbol of this Association. Therefore, upon the honor point of the shield is placed the Caduceus as a memorial to him who organized this society, in which so many now enjoy membership. Its field is scarlet, symbolizing the zeal with which Brother Carr projected his idea.

The band of silver has been charged with three cubes of magnetite to represent, and thus remind you of, our three great requirements: common sense, an industrious spirit, and a congenial nature.

Beneath the shield is a ribbon bearing the name ETA KAPPA NU. In early Greece there was a philosopher who discovered that if he rubbed a piece of amber with a cloth he experienced the phenomena that we know as static electreicity. The Greek name for amber is spelled nlektpov (Eta Lambda Epsilon Kappa Tau Rho Omicron Nu). From this word the English language derives the words: electricity, electron, and electronic. And from this name we derive our name -- we use the first, the fourth, and the last letters, namely Eta, Kappa, and Nu. The symbols used on the emblem are the early forms of these Greek letters.