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DR. lELVIN W. IIV E Preside jnt
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HE Western tradition of academic apparel was brought to the United States via Columbia Uni- versity, since it was the first to adopt formal academic apparel. The Western tradition in edu- cation is brought to Evansville College by means of our faculty, which has come from all geo- graphical regions. President Melvin W. Hyde from Columbia and Dean Nicholas C. Brown from Yale provide a tangible link between the older traditions established in our Eastern schools and those of our own Evansville College. From east to west and north to south, Evansville College boasts instructors from Boston to Washington, from Wisconsin to Florida. As well as Columbia and Yale, there are approximately fifty additional universities represented within the Evansville College faculty. ITH such an impressive background, faculty mem- bers make Evansville College students proud of the heritage left for them. Commencement night is the occasion which most makes the student realize the impressiveness of that heritage. It is an occasion to be remembered as the senior makes his last long march toward the goal for which he has w orked so long — toward the goal of w hich he is and should be proud. The diploma becomes not only a symbol of the completion of college education and the beginning of a new career, but a symbol linking the graduate to the great tradition established in the Middle Ages. It was in the University of Bologna that the first form of aca- demic degree was developed. Professors had formed a guild which could only be entered after passing a stiff examination. The examina- tion was developed by the old masters to protect their rights. Since the ability to teach is a good test of one ' s knowledge, the student was as- sured that if he passed the examination for a license, he had definite proof of his education. Thus, the diploma, as a license, came into be- ing, and linked in yet another way today ' s student with both the fac- ulty and the medieval student. EGREES of knowledge are indicated in the aca- demic costume by various methods. The bachelor ' s gown has pointed sleeves, worn closed. His hood, trimmed with a two-inch binding, is three feet in length. The master ' s gown has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist. The hood is three and one-half feet long, its binding three inches wide. The doctor ' s gown has bell-shaped sleeves worn open or closed. His gown may also have velvet bars and facings with a hood four feet long, edging five inches wide. All hoods are lined with the official color or colors of the college conferring the degree. The degree is shown by the color of the trimming or edging of the hoods, each subject having a specific color. It is thus possible for the informed person to know the school and degree which one holds from that school by merely obsewing one ' s academic regalia. The realization of the great tradition which is a part of all the color and custom in Western education will cause one to respect education as that which has been inherited from many ages past.
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