Commencement

Abstract:

American use has been standardized by an intercollegiate code, which takes the Oxford costume as a starting point. The bachelor’s gown has long, pointed sleeves, and the master’s gown oblong sleeves, open at the wrist. Both are untrimmed. The doctor’s gown has round, open sleeves, with three bars of velvet and velvet facing. The gown is normally black but some institutions have adopted colored gowns. The academic hood also found its beginnings in the unheated medieval classrooms of England. Its original purpose was as a head covering to provide warmth before it was replaced by the mortarboard. The hood is now worn around the neck and down the back and indicates both the degree held and the institution from which it was granted. All hoods are black and lined in satin with the color (s) of the institution that conferred the wearer’s degree. The color of the velvet trimming on the hood represents the field in which the degree was granted. The style of the hood varies with the degree level.

Año de publicación:

2010

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