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b) King~ <. ollege rn Ne'' York. In JP95, Am~:rican unrve1 ~illes aml.:ollcgc' dc~.:id· cd to standardize the acadcmrc gO\\n. In gem·ral the American gO\\n follO\\S the Cambndge trad rtron , but Ill the tradiuonal hood at' I gOI\ n Amcrkan'> ha' e add– ed the cap. The cap ,., ntm worn u Ji,cr!>ally. I n Americ.tn unh~:r'>itrv .. and college'>, it rs a sq uare mor– tar board, but 111 Canadian, Brnish and '>Om c Euro· pcan uniwr,ith~' it i-. made ot .. ott 'ehet .mJ re-.embles a b~.:rcl. A ta ~le attached to the cap or mortar board rna) be of var) rng color'> and indicate.., the k ind ol degree bemg recei,ed. The hood 1 • lso lined" nh colored )at in a nd fold– ed ba k so the color arc' htble The color,'' hrch line the ltood an:- the instllutional color') ..nd indicate the unr,cr~lty or college granting the tlegtee. Of the three major un r H:rsltre~ 111 Mts'""ippi, the ')Od color!> arc: \li'>,IS'-IPPI Stnll' Unr' cr 'it}, nldt oon a nd white· the Uni\chit~ ol Southern Mt.,sis'>tppt, black and ~old; the Llnl\er'lt' of Mis"~ rppi. blue and rt•d . 1 he col– DIS ot the Grm~Nt'i ol ~lls~i ;,ippi \\ere rn tro duceu b) Prolc'>\Or Alc\and-.:r Lee 30ndurant in 1893.

8~ 0\10 \'ICKER ·w 11 hrn ~he next few weeks, college grad~a~e., ar~d college tacult) members will once again pan.1c1pate m. that umc-honored tradition called the awardmg of tht: baccalaureate, or as it is more commonly called, the graduauo n ceremony. . . . Ea~t Central Community College w1ll hold m St\t}• 1 ir'>t graduation on May II , and while the Stram~ ~I the T riumpha nt March from Aida o r Pomp and Ctr· cum~tance fi ll the football stadium, bot~ facul~> and tudents v.rll robe themselves in academrc regaha a nd continue a tradition that was brought to ~ngl.and 00 years ago from Italy, and during Colomal ume'>, 10 the United States. . . The academic gown has a long hrst~ry and dtd not begin as a garment worn only at the trme of gradua · tion. Actually, teachers and preac.hers \~·ere_ the .ftnt to wear the robe and hood. In Med1eval umes, um..er· sities consisted of only a faculty. T hese ~eacher~ would teach in unoccupied buildings, publtc park-.~ and forums . Instructors were not pai~ and taught srmply ;i~h t ve fhe academrc go\\ n reflect~ the chara~o:ter ol the teacher and also the public's attitude toward those who lectured Tht gown t:\ tend' to the ank le ao; did r1ost garment~ in the t\ ·d\'c and thirteen hund reds. The ,lee \I.'S are long" tth apendages e\ tending down I rom the \\fl.,t. Thc'c exten ...ion' ol the ,lcc\C \H!re u ...ed as a "earn -all. .. The tea\.h\.'r CI)Uid, be<-.1u'e he I requent– h mo, ed from p lace to place, carr~ a lung lo,tf of bread in one 'lee\e and a boll ll' of "im· in th1. other. lhe hood, ''htdtts not \\Orn on thl head toda.., but hang' down the hack w a~ ongtnally desil'n(•r •" a t\\ O-fo ld purpo se. Ftrst, if th~.: \H:ather were ,. • w damp the hood could be pulled o~er the head f<:>r pro– tect ron . Second, becau \.'teachers were not patd , the open hood hangrng do" n 1 hl hack could be U'>Cd a a place tor '>tudents to dro p coins to remunerate • teacher for the lecture' he ga'c Academtc apparel "a '1r't " orn by ~~:holars in Ita– ly. In 1294, the Unrvcr'>ll~ ofCambr idfe tdopted the gowns, and they were \\ Qrll a t all tunc~ bv th< fa.:ul· ty. 0\ tord Uni, crsit} 'oon folfoweJ Cambridge·~ lead, a nd the cu~tom w:h frr~t introdu~ed rn America

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ty marches in this year's graduation the) \\Ill he wear· ing hoOd'> dio;playing the color~ Of fourte~·n Unl\ ersitb and colleges. Seven doctor' \\ til mar-.h Therr £0'' n., will be faced with pa nel\ of 'el,et downth~.: front .md three bar' o f veh ct aero~' each ,ft-c, e. Becaw,e J haH: b~:en a member of the leachmg t;,H:ul- 1) a t £ a,t Central longer than an~ one el,e, I "rll 1.'arT} the college ma\.e. The ma.. e i' made of ''ood and 'haped hke a torch ~t'ar the top of lh~: hall are four flat ...urface \\lth th~.: dare of the loundrng o Ea 1 Central and the 'anou~ dt\hlOil' of the -:ollcge, e ngra \ ed on b ra 'platl'S. The mac~ ''a ~:crcmomctl '}mbol of authorn~ and ~~ ah' a}, ~am~:d before the pre,Ident ot the college and the ta..ult>. H avmg ~pent mos · o l m~ lite .b a tt'.lcher, I ha' e marched tn a great man~ g ad ua11om, but it j, a cerernon} that I a!" ay~ anucipate and enjll) Parems are proud of their chrldren. and ,tudcnt' are happy that they have .,ucccs~l ull~ \.Ompleted tlat·tr ''ork. And I am honored to wear the a ppard of m) profc~~•on and carr) on a traditron which hegan o'er 80'1 year\ ago.

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