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...untrimmed. For the doctor's degree the gown is to be faced down the front with black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves, if desired, or the facings and cross bars may be of velvet of the same color as the binding or edging of the hood, being distinctive of the Faculty to which the degree pertains...
...Length - The length and form of the hood will indicate the degree, as follows: For the bachelor's degree the length shall be three-fourths that of the master's degree. The master's degree shall be the customary length, not exceeding four feet, and the doctor's degree shall be of the same length but have panels on the sides...
...Trimmings - The anterior edge of the hood shall be bound with silk, satin or velvet, not more than four inches in width, the color to be distinctive of the faculty to which the degree pertains, thus: Faculty and Art Letters, white; Faculty of Theology, scarlet; Faculty of Law, purple; Faculty of Medicine, green; Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue; Faculty of Science, gold yellow; Faculty of Fine Arts, brown; Faculty of Music, pink...
...Members of the corporation shall be entitled during their terms of office to wear the gown of highest dignity - that of the doctor's degree - together with the hood appropriate to the degree which they may have severally received. Members of the faculties, and any person officially connected with the university, who have been recipients of academic honors from other universities or colleges in good standing, may assume the academic costume corresponding to their degree, as described in the foregoing section, provided that such right shall terminate if said persons shall cease to be connected with the university. The president...
...Hood, c. DuPont, b. Clark...