The School's Colors -- Blue and White

The Ateneo is often identified with a combination of two colors -- Blue and White.

These are the colors of our Patroness -- Maria Purisima. It is She that is victorious, when in combat of wit, of strength, of speed, of precision, those proud banners, that blend so perfectly with the sky, wave triumphantly over all. It is She that rejoices, when the Atenean is victor over himself, careless of the scorn that is so often meted out to upholders of high principle.

Call him "Blue-blood," because Blue is for loyalty, and loyalty is in his veins. Call him true-blue, because he loves the Blue and he loves the Truth. Call him White-feathered, if you will, plumed, not with the white of fear and of defeat, but with the White of strength and of victory -- the White that is our Lady's, the White of purity.

By Faith and by Conviction, the Atenean looks up -- always. And to him the blue of the sky and the white of the clouds are no mere accidents of color. They are a reminder to him that aloft is his place -- high in the loftiness and the purity of the heavens -- the Catholic Gentleman -- in thought, word, and deed, wandering, never in the colorless mire, but ever beyond, into the realms of White, and of Blue.