Excerpt from The History of Caps and Gowns T happens every sprung At least every sprung wherever there's a college or umversrty Sometlmes -t happens more often It happens whenever an academrc procession wrnds ll's slow and dignified way across a campus Parents and friends and the -ust ploin-cui'ious line the sidewalks watchrng the faculty march by wrth thelr gowns b-l-owmg behind them and their hoods flashing brllllant colors agalnst the somber black They watch as the grad uctas go by wrth thelr mortar boards set at crazy angles on the backs of their heads Then the questlons start coming Why dud Professor Smrth have red velvet on hrs gown and that professor next to hum blue velvet'> Why do they call that cape a hood'> Why are the sleeves on those gowns cut off so funny, not big and full llke on the other gowns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.