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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
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ELLY GRIMM egrimm@kansan.com
In pictures the mass of graduates walking down the hill during Commencement all seem to be wearing the same outfits, but upon closer examination one can find the differences between them. These differences, all of which are small, such as the color of the tassel or the shape of the gown, indicate what school each student is graduating from at the University.
According to past Commencement programs, "Faculty members and graduating students dress for Commencement according to the traditions stemming from the world's oldest universities. The academic dress worn by participants, including mortarboard tassels, not only contributes to the colorful pageantry of the event, but also signifies the wearer's academic discipline and degree-granting institution."
Professor Steven Grabow, an architecture professor at KU who has served as Chief Marshall, Associate Marshall, and as a member on the University Commencement Committee, specified that the graduation traditions that the University follows come from Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England.
These reason these protocols come from those Universities is
because they are the oldest, and establish the protocols people follow. "The mortarboard is from Oxford. The reason the mortarboard is worn by more people in the United States is because they are cheaply mass-produced. The Cambridge style (soft berets) is more expensive to produce."
"The colors of the tassels, velvet trim, and lining, all have significance," Grabow said. "For example, blue-violet is the color of architecture so all the School of Architecture graduates will have blue-violet tassels on their mortarboard. That color also would bethe color of the velvet trim on the master's hood and the trim on doctoral gowns for that discipline."
Although the black mortarboard cap is the same for every graduate, the tassel that is attached is the identifying piece of the ensemble.
Because of this, it is necessary that students buy their regalia with their degree in mind. However, while most of the colors in the ceremony have to do with the particular degree, the satin lining of the hoods of masters and doctoral graduates are crimson and blue for KU.
The gown adds the last identification, and serves to separate the different levels of degrees received. The Commencement program states that, "Gown styles
symbolize the level of academic achievement. The bachelor's degree gown has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master's gown has longer, square-cut sleeves, and the doctoral gown has bell-shaped sleeves trimmed with velvet chevrons. Master's and doctoral gown may be worn open or closed."
Sometimes before the ceremony students add items or extra colors to their graduation regalia, and while it is not allowed, it's hard to control.
"Nowadays, people just sort of wear what is comfortable, so just getting the cap and gown on is an achievement," Grabow said.
When asked if Grabow would ask graduates not to add things to their regalia he laughed and said, "Yeah, but then I would also ask them to wear clothing under the cap and gown, but some people go down nude."
Grabow said he wanted students to remember that the ceremony wasn't just for them, but was also for the thousands of guests that come to the event, including family and friends.
"Basically all of this is about dignity, ceremony, and creating an atmosphere as important as the occasion is. It deserves all of the dignity, and ceremony, and pomp and circumstance because it only happens once in your life."
Edited by Katie James
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