http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wales,_Aberystwyth
And the Chancellor of the University is.... for $1000 - Why yes, the Prince
of Wales.
Thomas Charles Edwards the first principal was the son of Lewis Edwards of
whom is said....
"Edwards may fairly be called one of the makers of modern Wales. Through his
hands there passed generation after generation of preachers, who carried his
influence to every corner of the principality. By fostering competitive
meetings and by his writings, especially in Y Traethodydd, a quarterly
magazine which he founded in 1845 and edited for ten years, he did much to
inform and educate his countrymen on literary and theological subjects. A
new college was built at Bala in 1867, for which he raised 10,000. His chief
publication was a noteworthy book on the doctrine of the Atonement, cast in
the form of a dialogue between master and pupil; the treatment is forensic,
and emphasis is laid on merit. It was due to him that the North and South
Wales Calvinistic Methodist Associations united to form an annual General
Assembly; he was its moderator in 1866 and again in 1876. He was successful
in bringing the various churches of the Presbyterian order into closer touch
with each other, and unwearying in his efforts to promote education for his
countrymen.
His son Thomas Charles Edwards became the first Principal of the University
College of Wales, Aberystwyth. When Thomasa resigned as priciple it was to
further the work of his farther as moderator of the Presbyterion
denomination. (probably ousted.)
Interestingly - the Presbyterian denomination is/was a rebel order working
outside of the official Church of England (Headed by the reigning Monarch) I
suppose making Prince Chales the Chancellor of the University leaves no
doubt that it is NOT a Presbyterian Institution - but a Gomerite one.
The crest [3] was awarded to The University of Wales, Aberystwyth in the
late 1880s. Though it has been 'modernised' in the 1980s the crest as it
appears in this document retains many of the characteristics of the
original. As with all heraldic images there are several meanings interlinked
in this crest.
The main features are:
Two red dragons which symbolise the optimism of Victorian North and South
Wales; (SURE!)
An Open Book - symbolising the world of learning;
Eagle or Phoenix rising open-winged above a flaming tower - symbolising
perhaps the rebirth of the College after the fire of 1885. (Or perhaps
sigifying Gomerite takeover from the Presbyterians?)
The legend 'Nid Byd, Byd Heb Wybodaeth' - 'A World Without Knowledge, is No
World'.