Ummmmm... where do I start?
The "founding legislation" that created the university named it the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania. The school was a college, offering post high school degrees. However there was a concern that farmers associated the word college with broader institutions of higher learning, so they adopted the name high school.
In 1862 the school changed its name to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, which was the name of the school when it was selected to be part of the Morill Land-Grant Acts in 1863.
The college changed its name to the Pennsylvania State College in 1874, in an effort to broaden its offerings from strictly an agricultural base, more in line with the intent of Land-Grant status.
The college petitioned for and was granted university status in 1953, changing it's name to The Pennsylvania State University. There is a difference between a college and a university; the accreditation is different. Plus each state has its own laws defining what is a college vs a university. In Penn State's case, the State Council of Education approved it, the Secretary of the Commonwealth recorded it and it was approved by a judge.
The seal in your post was adopted in 1953, although it is based largely on the 1874 seal. However, there were 2 other seals prior to that, very different in design.
So, when you want Yudichek to refer to the university by "its official name donned upon it by founding legislation that created the university" you're saying you want him to call it the Farmers High School of Pennsylvania and its seal would look like this:
The more you know...
