The Elephant

The Elephant is taken from the coat of arms of the Alexander Family who lived in Ballochmyle House,

where Wilhelmina Alexander was imortalised in the poem by Robert Burns

'The Bonnie Lass o' Ballochmyle'

Moto

The moto "Ariston Metron" comes (apparently) from the Greek, meaning the golden mean,

which can be transformed literally as keep it down the middle