academic regalia ACADEMIC REGALIA Academic regalia arose through evolution and modification of the robes worn by medieval students, who were usually clerics in the cathedral schools and monasteries established by the church . As early as 1321, a medieval statute required that all doctors, licentiates, and bachelors wear academic gowns and hoods . Gowns were necessary for warmth in the unheated medieval buildings, and hoods may have been designed to cover tonsured heads . Today, immediately after receiving a charter, new institutions adopt a distinctive design for academic attire expressive of their individuality . On May 26, 1895, a group of institutional representatives met at Columbia University to establish a uniform code for academic regalia in this country . The approved academic attire for all graduates is composed of a cap and gown . For master’s and doctoral graduates, a hood is included . The basic article of attire is the gown, usually black in color, and similar in design for all degrees with the sleeves being the principal indicator of degree level . Gowns for those graduating with a bachelor’s degree have pointed sleeves; the sleeves on master’s gowns arc away at the front; and doctoral gowns have round, bell-shaped sleeves . Bachelor’s and master’s gowns are untrimmed while doctoral gowns feature distinctive velvet facing down the front and three velvet bars on each sleeve . The hood has become the colorful standard-bearer of academic symbolism . By examining the hood, an informed observer should be able to identify the degree level, the academic field of study in which the degree was earned, and the institution that conferred the degree . The hood is made of the same material as the gown . Hood length varies according to degree: bachelor’s—three feet, master’s—three and a half feet, and doctor’s—four feet in length and has panels at the sides . The color or colors of the hood lining indicate the institution that conferred the degree (crimson and gray for WSU) . The hood is trimmed or edged in a border of velvet either two, three, or five inches in width for the respective degrees . The border color represents the faculty or field of study in which the degree was awarded . At WSU, bachelor’s degree candidates do not wear hoods . The approved cap of the academic costume is the mortarboard or Oxford cap—a stiff board nine inches square, placed on a soft cap and joined in a pointed design in front and back . The color is always that of the gown and uniformly black for the four-year degrees . The use of velvet has been reserved for the cap of the doctor’s degree . A silk cord with a tassel made of many threads is attached to a button in the center of the board . A distinctive commencement rental gown for students earning Ph .D . and Ed .D . degrees debuted in spring <strong>2012</strong> . The gown is crimson with gunmetal-gray velvet accents and a matching velvet tam . WSU is the only university with a custom rental gown . The purchased version of the custom gown is designed with a split hood, two silver WSU shield medallions holding the hood in place, two WSU medallion cufflinks on each sleeve, and other embellishments . 18 2 012 fall commencement the committee of the american council on education on its “academic costume code” states the following: For all academic purposes— including trimming of doctor’s gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of caps—the colors associated with the different subjects are as follows: agriculture: maize arts, letters, humanities: White commerce, accountancy, business: drab communication: crimson dentistry: lilac economics: copper education: light blue engineering: orange fine arts including architecture: brown forestry: russet home economics: maroon law: Purple library Science: lemon medicine: green music: Pink nursing: apricot oratory (Speech): Silver gray Pharmacy: olive green Philosophy: dark blue Physical education: Sage green Public administration, including foreign Service: Peacock blue Public health: Salmon Pink Science: golden yellow Social Work: citron theology: Scarlet veterinary medicine: gray for more on academic regalia visit www.acenet.edu/resources/regalia.
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