42nd Annual Commencement - Butler County Community College

ACADEMIC REGALIA
The wearing of Academic Regalia dates from the 12th century
and has been in use in this country since Colonial days. An American
Intercollegiate Code, adopted in 1894, and revised in 1960, established
standard styles in faculty regalia.
The code provides for three types of gowns. Those worn by
the bachelors are black and have long pointed sleeves. Masters may
wear either black silk or woolen gowns, made with a long closed
sleeve with an arc appearing near the bottom of a slit for the arm. The
doctor's gowns are usually of black silk with full, round, open
sleeves.
The hood is the most distinctive feature of academic attire. It
is worn at the back, suspended near the shoulders. The length of the
hood and width of its velvet border indicates the level of the degree
held. The bachelors wear a hood which is three feet long with a twoinch
velvet border. The hood for the master's degree is three and onehalf
feet long, with a three-inch border. The doctor's hood is four feet
long and the border is five inches wide. The lining of the hood is the
official color or colors of the college or university conferring the
degree.
COLOR CODE
for
ACADEMIC HOODS
Agriculture - Maize
Arts, Letters, Humanities - White
Commerce, Accountancy, Business -Drab
Dentistry - Lilac
Economics - Copper
Education - Light Blue
Engineering - Orange
Fine Arts, Architecture - Brown
Forestry - Russet
Home Economics - Maroon
Journalism - Crimson
Law - Purple
Library Science - Lemon
Medicine - Green
Music - Pink
Nursing - Apricot
Oratory - Silver Grey
Pharmacy - Olive Green
Philosophy - Dark Blue
Physical Education - Sage Green
Public Administration - Peacock Blue
Public Health - Salmon Pink
Science - Golden Yellow
Social Work - Citron
Theology - Scarlet
Veterinary Science - Grey