Perplex City Academy

Leader: Sente Kiteway

Website: Perplexcityacademy.com

History

• History of the Academy can be found on the Perplexcityacademy.com website in the Visitors section.

Mission Statement

In years gone by, no organisation would have felt the need of a mission statement. In its place was the motto, the wise distillation of the aims and ethos of a school, a business or a family. Our motto still serves that function for us today. It means:

To ask a question is the beginning of knowledge.

This is our aim. We exist to ask new questions, to continue to investigate them. We believe that a playful, competitive spirit is the best way to access our most creative thinking. Our focus on puzzles leads us to see the value in unusual questions and unexpected answers.

It is our mission not only to explore in the realms of knowledge but also to lead others to do so. Not only to shed light, but also to point out areas which need illumination by others. We are only a small body, but our effect can be far-reaching. This is our aim: always to question and always to seek the knowledge that comes from pursuing a puzzle.

Departments

Departments within the Academy include:

• Arts
• Natural Sciences
• Mathematics and Logic
• Cryptology
• Social Sciences
• Languages
• Earth Studies

The academy also runs Lunchtime Lectures/Evening Courses

Staff & Students

Staff and student details can be found on the characters page.

Student Organisations

• With more than 500 different clubs and societies, ranging from electronic gaming to earthology, from climbing to combat-sports.

Museum

The Academy has a Museum attached to it.

Academy Building and Grounds

• The Academy's subway station, Taversen Square, is within easy reach of the Academy grounds.

• Academy Tours run twice daily from Gatehouse 12, which is located near to Polygon South Station

• The Academy has numerous gatehouses leading from Perplex City into the Acadmey
  • Gatehouse 24 - Employee's entrance
  • Gatehouse 12 - Vistor's entrance

• Places of interest include:
  • The Anaduna Corridors
  • The Founder's Gallery
  • Catacombs
  • The Unsolved Qi-Qu Puzzle
  • The Bell Tower
  • The Clock of Marbles
  • Taversen Square
  • The Great Lawn
  • Library
  • The Bridge Restaurant
  • The Undercroft Communal Dining Halls
  • Arboretum
  • Senior Fellows Grounds
  • Vasquez Observatory
  • Adamek Green
  • Academy Museum
  • Great Gallery
  • Cube Hall

Academy Logo

• The Academy's logo bears the latin phrase : quaerere initium sapientiae which has the rough translation, To ask a question is the beginning of knowledge, sounds intriguingly close to a Khalil Gibran quote : Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. It also alludes to Joseph Dewey's "The asking of questions is the beginning of knowledge".

• A new logo that appeared in the Perplex City Sentinel on 18th April bears a new Latin phrase quaesitum quaerere sapientiae initium est. This translates to investigation to seek wisdom beginning is. Sounds very close to Clarence Darrow: Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. It may also refer to the apocryphal text The Wisdom of Solomon, 6:17: "The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction."

This logo was changed on the Perplex City Sentinel site on the 19th, and mentioned in the corrections page (link). It seems that the different logo was a mistake, but whether this was in game or out of game has yet to be determined.

Images

Original logo from PP7.jpg

Remake of Logo by SasunD

New logo from 18-04-05 Sentinel

Corrected logo from 19-04-05 Sentinel

References

• Perplexcityacademy.com Home Page