“He that beareth a torch shadoweth himself that he may give light to others.” (Revised to: “One who carries a torch stands in shadow to give light to others.”) This maxim provided the interpretive meaning for Theodore Beck’s 1931 winning submission in the contest to create an appropriate symbol of the Volunteer for the University of Tennessee. After the 1937 traditional passing of the torch ceremony, in which John Fisher (class of 1938) was presented a model of the Volunteer as an outstanding member of the class of 1938, the maxim was known as the Volunteer Creed.