L. C. Smith (Hamilton '82) designed and presented the present crest which was accepted at the Brown Convention in 1881. The entire Coat of Arms can be seen above. There is a lot of symbolism and meaning in our crest. Refer to the pictures and explanations below to learn all about it.

	The Fraternity crest consists of the same monogrammed letters as the official gold badge and appears riveted atop a wrought-steel helmet with a raised visor.
	1834, the year Delta Upsilon was founded.
	1909, the incorporation date.
	A knight's helmet typifies democracy, its visor raised so that the man within might be recognized by his friends, thus indicating non-secrecy.
	Five gold rings linked together commemorating the first five provinces.
	An oak tree, whose trunk and branches show the relationship of the chapters and the clubs to the General Fraternity.
	Five gold coronets, representing the five officers first designated at the time of the incorporation.
	A gold chevron on a blue field denotes the homestead or property holding body.
	The upper gold stars designate the four chapters which formed the Anti-Secret Confederation at the Troy Convention in 1847 (Williams, Amherst, Union and Hamilton). The lower three stars represent the three additional societies (Western Reserve, Wesleyan and Vermont) which met at the Burlington Convention in 1852.
	The scales, the oldest of our insignia taken from the first Williams key which was designed in 1834, represent Equity or Justice in college affairs.
	The scalloped-edged mantling, sometimes called lambrequin or decking, represents the parliamentary robes or robe-of-estate in cloth of blue with gold lining twisted around the base of the Shield of Arms.
	Dikaia Upotheke (Justice, our Foundation), the motto of Delta Upsilon.