A new Brigham Young High School crest was created during the 1955-56 school year. It was designed by Wallace M. Mangum, Jr., Class of 1956. Wally Mangum was a thespian and illustrator for the 1956 Wildcat yearbook. Born on June 24, 1938, Mangum died August 4, 1991 at the age of 53.

Roland Clark, Class of 1957, wrote a winning essay on the meaning of the new Crest design. He was complimented in the 1956 Wildcat yearbook because his essay "caught the spirit of our school". The essay was published in the 1957 Wildcat yearbook:

"To me the most important element represented on our new school crest is Uniti Stetimus, or United We Stand. This is the ultimate desire which exists in the minds of our principal, our faculty, and our elected officers: to instill in our minds that same desire for unity which we as high school students at B.Y. High will, and are receiving, from the design of this beautiful Coat of Arms.

"United We Stand in industry, as shown by the beehive at the top of the crest, for B.Y. High is an eternal door to the future, preparing the citizens of tomorrow.

"United We Stand in the spirit of the Y, displayed so well in our various activities: at athletic events, at speech meets, at music fests, and all the other activities which make the memory of B.Y. High choice in the minds of those who have gone before.

"United We Stand in historical events and traditions which illuminate Brigham Young High School, founded upon the principles of righteousness, established with the memories, fresh in the minds of the founders, of our pioneer forefathers who gave so much that we might live, learn and worship as we feel to be right.

"The Wildcat emblem shows that United We Stand in determined effort to overcome and complete the task which is at hand, to never say that a job is done until the hopes and expectation of all are satisfied and the finishing touches proudly and efficiently done.

"The torch of learning testifies that truly United We Stand in learning the truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the sum of all truth, the truth that will make us free.

"And now, with the colors of the past, blue and white, and the colors of the present, gold and gray, and with the high ideals and standards of the Brigham Young High School, we the students of that noble institution will eagerly face the color and brilliance of the future."

~~Roland Clark '57