In another thread CLSeibel said he received his master' robes. Does anyone ever buy such said item unless they are academic staff at a university where they might wear them once a year? I have never actually attended one of my own graduations since high school.
never attended your graduations? Maybe it is because you can't get away from degreeinfo. Or, maybe you are afraid you will seem too charming to your classmates.
Re: Re: Academic Robes Actually, I won't divulge any information about my bedtime attire. I have pretty much ruled out wearing my academic regalia for that purpose, for fear that my robe might wrinkle. Also, there's the risk of my hood somehow catching on the bedpost, resulting in my being choked to death as I sleep. This being said, I'm hoping that my robe and hood should attract some interest at the grocery store.
Most of us just rent the regalia for undergraduate and masters graduation and buy them after the doctorate. Those of us who teach at colleges and universities often buy them so that we can parade in front of our students ("see, my robes have more fancy stuff on 'em than yours" ) I suppose that when I finish this dissertation and start playing doctor, I'll take the plunge and buy some regalia; though I'll propbly have a hard time finding plaid robes with a mortarboard shaped like a Fender Stratocaster guitar! Tony Piña Faculty, La Sierra University & Cal State U. San Bernardino
It is not unusual for clergy in several Protestant traditions to wear the black academic robe (or something very similar) together with the academic hood (usually master's or doctorate). So both robe and hood might be "keepers" for a theology grad, depending on the church involved. The hood, for some reason, is always worn in the usual loop down the back. I always thought it would look splendid worn as a real hood, and add a touch of quasi-Tibetan exoticism to the proceedings.
I have my own NSU doctoral robes and hood. They are very nice and I typically get a lot of good comments while lining up in the procession line. I typically robe up 2-3 times a year. I also purchased a masters robe and hood when I finished the Univ. of Western Sydney Master of Astronomy. I obtained the hood more as a keepsake. The Oxford style robe, manufactured by R.W. Breeding & Co., in Melbourne, Aus., is very easy to slip on and can be used to live up to the tradition of ancient academic robes as it is warm on those cold winter nights. John
