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The colors allocated to the various fields of learning have been largely standardized in the United States by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume, [15] and accepted by the American Council on Education in its Academic Costume Code. [6] The color assigned to a given hood trim and/or tassels and—where appropriate—gown facings ...
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
The palatinate purple used for the academic robes is said by Shaw (1966) to be British Colour Council No. 177 "Crocus" from the second (1951) edition of the Dictionary of Colour Standards. [25] BCC 177 Crocus has CIE 1931 colour space values of X=0.308, Y=0.223, Z=0.469 with a brightness factor of 7.76% under CIE Standard Illuminant B. [ 26 ...
Today, also in common with most American universities, academic regalia is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies. For most of its academic dress, Stanford follows the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume which was devised in 1895 and sets out a detailed uniform scheme of academic regalia.
Princeton University's store, featuring the school's orange and black colors. The tradition of school colors appears to have started in England in the 1830s. The University of Cambridge chose Cambridge blue for the Boat Race against the University of Oxford in 1836, [2] Westminster School have used pink as their color since a boat race against Eton School in 1837, [3] and Durham University ...
Under President Seth Low, Columbia hosted a meeting with Yale, Princeton, and New York University which saw the passing of the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume on March 16, 1895, which was based on Columbia's existing dress code. [3] [2] Barack Obama dons his academic regalia before delivering a commencement address at Barnard College ...
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Harvard University chose not to participate in the Intercollegiate Commission on the matter in 1893, though Harvard did finally conform partially to the academic costume code. In 1897 the Harvard Corporation suggested that all Harvard hoods be lined in crimson, however, due to the then presiding President Eliot's dislike of academic dress, this ...