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THE ELON COL LEGE WEEKLY.
March 8, 1911.
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THE HISTORY OF OUR ACADEMIC
COSTUME.
How often have we wondered when at
tending a commencement occasion why it
is that the graduating class wear the cap
and the gown. So little has been writ
ten and said about this that even many
of the graduates who don their robes to
deliver their orations and receive th«r
diplomas do not know when and how the
custom originated. In Europe and Amer
ica, in far off Australia and in India the
same custom is followed.
This costume is very closely related to
the professional costume used by mem
bers olHhe bench and bar in many coun
tries, by the clergy and choirs in many
churches, by various fraternal ordeis in
ceremonial e.xercises, and has many fea
tures in common with the mediaeval dress
still used by ancient guilds.
In the history of the Universities of the
Middle Ages we find that practically all
the members of the different faculties
wer« clerics. Most of the students of the
Universities of the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries wore preparing to take holy or
ders. At this time the dress of the friars
and nuns became fixed. Flowing robes
were the dignified dress of the times, and
special forms of these robes were set aside
foti the use of the vaiions parts of the
university body, and these, with certain
modifications have persisted down to the
present.
The Origin of the Hood.
The buildings of thest. mediaeval times
were very cold. That they migiit keep
warm, students and professors provided
themselves with capes and hoods. In the
course of time the cap replaced the hood
for the head, and the cape with hood was
modified into the present hood. This with
its vaiious colois in trimmings and lin
ings is one of the most noticeable and
significant parts of the costume of Euro
pean and American universities.
The Gowns. Wliat they Represent.
It is a noticeable fact that it has never
been customary to use the gown for any
degree except the baccalaureate degree
and those degrees of higher rank than the
baccalaureate degree. The main point
that distinguishes; one gown fiom the
others is the shape of the sleeve.
The bachelor’s gown is a long flowing
robe with wide sleeves, the back part of
the sk'eves is nearly as long as the gown
itself and runs off to a point at the lower
end. The sleeve and gown are made of
the same material which may be of any
kind of black plaid or silk.
The master’s gown differs from the
bachelor’s in that the sleeve is a little
longer and is sqnarie at the bottom. The
indentation in the back and near the bot
tom of the master’s sleeve is also a notice
able feature.
In the doctor’s gown the sleeves are
wide at the’bottom and they are but a
little longer than the arm. Instead of
being pointed, they are cut off square at
the bottom. There are three horizontal
bands of the same material as that from
which the gown is made, placed about
two to thn?e inches apart on the outside
of the sle«ve near the bottom. The doc
tor’s gown is generally made of silk, al
though it may be made of any black
plaid.
The Caps.
The cai>s are the plain Oxford ca^s that
are so common among college students.
They may be made of any black mater
ial. There is but little variation in the
caps as they do not represent any special
degrees. However a doctor may wear a
gold tassel and his cap may be made of
velvet.
Hoods.
Hoods are generally made of the same
material as the gowns and are of distinc
tive shapes for Bachelor, Master, and Doc
tor. They may be lined with silks of the
official colors of the institution conferring
the degree, and are trimmed with velvet
of the color distinctive of the degree, thus:
Arts and letters, white; Theologj’, scar
let; Laws, purple; Philosophy, blue;
Science, gold-yellow; Medicine, green:
Dentistry, lilac; and Pedagogy, light blue;
etc.
Origin of the word “Bachelor” in Col
lege Degrees.
In the middle ages, the church con
ferred holy orders on no married man.
And none but single men were allowed to
graduate from the universities in those
days. The term “bachelor” was applied
to all apprentices for a degiee in those
early times. So when the student had
completed a course in arts, he was a
bachelor in arts or a bachelor of arts; if
he had completed a course in philosophy,
he was made a bachelor of philosophy,
etc. And the term “bachelor” has clung
to all graduates from that day to this.
In tJie case of medicine, the man is made
a doctor of medicine instead of a bache
lor. Perhaps it would have been witiei
had he been required to take the baehe-
• lor’s degree first.
FOR THE QUESTION CORNER.
At the ends of a line 50 feet long
two perpendiculars to the line are erect
ed, one thirty and the other fifty-five feet
in longth. Find the point on the original
line where the sum of the two lines reach
ing to the farther end of the perpendicu
lar lines will be a minimum.
A man on being asked the time of day
was told that it was between 7 and 8
o’clock, and that the minute hand of the
clock was as far behind the 7 on the dial
plate as the hour hand was in advance of
it, what was the correct time?
A man borrowed .$500 at 5 per cent
agreeing to pay principal and interest in
4 equal annual payments; how much must
he pay each year?
Rule for squaring numbers: Substract
the number to be squared from the ten
above it. Square the difference, subtract
the difference from the number to be
squared and multiply the remainder by
the ten above and add.
Example. To square 17.
1st step, 20 minus 17 equals 3.
2nd step, 3 squared e]uals 9.
3rd step, 19 minus 3 equals 14.
4th step, 14x20 equals 280.
5th step, 280 plus 9 equals 289.
This rule can be applied mentally to
advantage.
2. Ex. Square 456.
162536
4060
48
207936
Square each digit writing the squares in
succession beginning at the left; twice the
first digit multiplied by the second writ
ten under the second and third places,
twice second multiplied by the third writ
ten under the fourth and fifth places and
twice the first multiplied hy the third
written under the third and fourth places;
add the partial products.