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 Notably, at Columbia University, students were once required to don academic regalia at all times while on campus. This only ended in [[1864]]. Now, at the [[University of Cambridge]] and the [[University of Oxford]], academic regalia is only required during Convocation, examinations, and Commencement. At most American universities, including Columbia, it is only required during [[Commencement]].
-After failed attempts to change the design of the robes in [[1948]] and [[1958]], Columbia debuted new slate-grey robes with crowns embroidered on lapels below the yoke designed by then-provost [[Jacques Barzun]] in [[1963]]. Barzun felt that black robes made the annual outdoor [[commencement]] exercises an ordeal, and that the lighter colored robes would make the event more tolerable.<ref>Stephen Wolgast, "King's Crowns: The History of Academic Dress at King's College and Columbia University," Transactions of the [[w:Burgon Society|Burgon Society]] 9 (2009)</ref>
+After failed attempts to change the design of the robes in [[1948]] and [[1958]], Columbia debuted new slate-grey robes with crowns embroidered on lapels below the yoke designed by then-provost [[Jacques Barzun]] in [[1963]]. Barzun felt that black robes made the annual outdoor [[commencement]] exercises an ordeal, and that the lighter colored robes would make the event more tolerable.<ref>[http://www.burgon.org.uk/society/library/trans/tbs09_04_columbia.pdf Stephen Wolgast, "King's Crowns: The History of Academic Dress at King's College and Columbia University,"] Transactions of the [[w:Burgon Society|Burgon Society]] 9 (2009)</ref>
 ==Tradition and hierarchy==

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 There is very little rhyme, reason, or standardization with respect to American academic regalia today (though, to be fair, the European system is even worse). An effort was made in [[1893]], when the American Intercollegiate Commission met at Columbia University, chaired by [[Seth Low]], to decide on a uniform code of attire. ([[Harvard]], which by this point despised the idea of being told what to do in these matters, refused to attend.) A code was adopted in 1895, with technical advisor Gardner Leonard devising a method for indicating individual schools in otherwise standardized uniforms. Hoods would be lined in silk with the school's own colors in such a way as to form a heraldric chevron.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA554#v=onepage&q&f=false Whence the Cap and Gown? Columbia Alumni News, Vol. 12 No. 33, June-July 1921, Pg. 554]</ref> In 1932 a new commission was authorized by the [[w:American Council on Education|American Council on Education]] to promulgate new rules, and in 1959 another committee further revised the rules. However, by the mid-20th century, universities had begun to go their own route once again.
-For faculty and doctoral robes, however, the following holds true: the robe itself is specific to the university, while the hood trim indicates the academic discipline. This is why some faculty members march in [[NYU]], [[Cambridge]], and [[Harvard]] robes. In addition, the faculty member wears the robe indicative of his or her highest degree. If the highest degree is an honorary degree, then the faculty member has a choice on whether to wear the robe of the school that conferred the honorary degree, or the one that conferred his highest earned degree.
+For faculty and doctoral robes, however, the following holds true: the robe itself is specific to the university, while the hood trim indicates the academic discipline. This is why some faculty members march in [[NYU]], [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], and [[Harvard]] robes. In addition, the faculty member wears the robe indicative of his or her highest degree. If the highest degree is an honorary degree, then the faculty member has a choice on whether to wear the robe of the school that conferred the honorary degree, or the one that conferred his highest earned degree.
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 '''Academic regalia''', colloquially known as the "'''Cap and Gown'''" or "'''Graduation robes'''", is the formal attire worn by degree candidates and holders during various ceremonial occasions.
-Columbia's caps and gowns were once all black. [[Jacques Barzun]], while [[Provost]] of the University, is credited with changing the attire to a slate grey emblazoned with [[King's Crown (symbol)|Columbia crowns]] on the lapels, reasoning that the lighter colored robes were more comfortable in the summer heat. Barzun calls the change his "most revolutionary deed."<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan06/cover.php Living Legacies: Jacques Barzun '27, Columbia College Today, January 2006]</ref> They have since become light blue to match the [[school colors]].
+Columbia's caps and gowns were once all black. [[Jacques Barzun]], while [[Provost]] of the University, is credited with changing the attire to a slate grey emblazoned with [[King's Crown (symbol)|Columbia crowns]] on the lapels in [[1963]], reasoning that the lighter colored robes were more comfortable in the summer heat. Barzun calls the change his "most revolutionary deed."<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan06/cover.php Living Legacies: Jacques Barzun '27, Columbia College Today, January 2006]</ref> They have since become light blue to match the [[school colors]].
 ==History==

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	Notably, at Columbia University, students were once required to don academic regalia at all times while on campus. This only ended in [[1864]]. Now, at the [[University of Cambridge]] and the [[University of Oxford]], academic regalia is only required during Convocation, examinations, and Commencement. At most American universities, including Columbia, it is only required during [[Commencement]].		Notably, at Columbia University, students were once required to don academic regalia at all times while on campus. This only ended in [[1864]]. Now, at the [[University of Cambridge]] and the [[University of Oxford]], academic regalia is only required during Convocation, examinations, and Commencement. At most American universities, including Columbia, it is only required during [[Commencement]].
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		+	After failed attempts to change the design of the robes in [[1948]] and [[1958]], Columbia debuted new slate-grey robes with crowns embroidered on lapels below the yoke designed by then-provost [[Jacques Barzun]] in [[1963]]. Barzun felt that black robes made the annual outdoor [[commencement]] exercises an ordeal, and that the lighter colored robes would make the event more tolerable.<ref>Stephen Wolgast, "King's Crowns: The History of Academic Dress at King's College and Columbia University," Transactions of the [[w:Burgon Society\|Burgon Society]] 9 (2009)</ref>

	==Tradition and hierarchy==		==Tradition and hierarchy==

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 *Professor [[Wm. Theodore de Bary]] wears the Columbia doctoral robe that he wore when receiving his first honorary degree (D. Litt., St. Lawrence, 1968) with the hood that he wore when recieving his last honorary degree (D. Litt., Columbia, 1994).
 *Professor [[Eric Foner]] wears a tartan hood from the one school that has ever given him an honorary degree when participates in [[Commencement]] related activities - [[Iona College]], a small catholic college in [[New Rochelle]], a city in southern [[Westchester]].
 ==References==

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 [[Image:regalia1948.jpg|thumb|[[Jacques Barzun]], doctoral robe, 1948]]
-'''Academic regalia''', colloquially known as the "cap and gown" or "graduation robes", is the formal attire worn by degree candidates during various ceremonial occasions.
+'''Academic regalia''', colloquially known as the "'''Cap and Gown'''" or "'''Graduation robes'''", is the formal attire worn by degree candidates and holders during various ceremonial occasions.
-Columbia's caps and gowns were once all black. [[Jacques Barzun]], while [[Provost]] of the University, is usually credited with changing the attire to a slate grey, determining that the lighter colored robes were more comfortable in the summer heat. They have since become light blue to match the [[school colors]].
+Columbia's caps and gowns were once all black. [[Jacques Barzun]], while [[Provost]] of the University, is credited with changing the attire to a slate grey emblazoned with [[King's Crown|Columbia crowns]] on the lapels, reasoning that the lighter colored robes were more comfortable in the summer heat. Barzun calls the change his "most revolutionary deed."<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan06/cover.php Living Legacies: Jacques Barzun '27, Columbia College Today, January 2006]</ref> They have since become light blue to match the [[school colors]].
 ==History==

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 ==Colors and standardization==
-There is very little rhyme, reason, or standardization with respect to American academic regalia today (though, to be fair, the European system is even worse). An effort was made in [[1893]], when the American Intercollegiate Commission met at Columbia University, chaired by [[Seth Low]], to decide on a uniform code of attire. A code was adopted in 1895, with technical advisor Gardner Leonard devising a method for indicating individual schools in otherwise standardized uniforms. Hoods would be lined in silk with the school's own colors in such a way as to form a heraldric chevron.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA554#v=onepage&q&f=false Whence the Cap and Gown? Columbia Alumni News, Vol. 12 No. 33, June-July 1921, Pg. 554]</ref> In 1932 a new commission was authorized by the [[w:American Council on Education|American Council on Education]] to promulgate new rules, and in 1959 another committee further revised the rules. However, by the mid-20th century, universities had begun to go their own route once again.
+There is very little rhyme, reason, or standardization with respect to American academic regalia today (though, to be fair, the European system is even worse). An effort was made in [[1893]], when the American Intercollegiate Commission met at Columbia University, chaired by [[Seth Low]], to decide on a uniform code of attire. ([[Harvard]], which by this point despised the idea of being told what to do in these matters, refused to attend.) A code was adopted in 1895, with technical advisor Gardner Leonard devising a method for indicating individual schools in otherwise standardized uniforms. Hoods would be lined in silk with the school's own colors in such a way as to form a heraldric chevron.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA554#v=onepage&q&f=false Whence the Cap and Gown? Columbia Alumni News, Vol. 12 No. 33, June-July 1921, Pg. 554]</ref> In 1932 a new commission was authorized by the [[w:American Council on Education|American Council on Education]] to promulgate new rules, and in 1959 another committee further revised the rules. However, by the mid-20th century, universities had begun to go their own route once again.
 For faculty and doctoral robes, however, the following holds true: the robe itself is specific to the university, while the hood trim indicates the academic discipline. This is why some faculty members march in [[NYU]], [[Cambridge]], and [[Harvard]] robes. In addition, the faculty member wears the robe indicative of his or her highest degree. If the highest degree is an honorary degree, then the faculty member has a choice on whether to wear the robe of the school that conferred the honorary degree, or the one that conferred his highest earned degree.