{"id":976,"date":"2006-05-14T05:33:24","date_gmt":"2006-05-14T05:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/05\/the-goodness-of-graduation-gow.html"},"modified":"2006-05-14T05:33:24","modified_gmt":"2006-05-14T05:33:24","slug":"the-goodness-of-graduation-gow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/05\/the-goodness-of-graduation-gow.html","title":{"rendered":"The Goodness of Graduation Gowns"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to admit it, I think the gown from the University of Nottingham is one of the more notable graduation gowns to be seen. Some of my colleagues rent a gown from a rental company, but most have purchased the gown from their respective university. Some are very noticeable: the purple gowns of Northwestern, the scarlet from Loyola, and the black with trim outfits that most universities opt for. But, every year I get a dozen or so parents who ask this question: “What does all this mean?”
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\nMany European gowns are the open look — because at one time the professors wore these to give their lectures and so had to be tolerable in warmer weather. But, the universities in Europe have chosen colors — and the scarlet is Nottingham and the aqua the Department of Theology. And that hat is just a typical European graduation cap. It is not unlike those worn by the Beefeaters at London Tower — if only I would shake it open.
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