| Academic Regalia  The academic costume, processional, and the program of ceremony are
all tied into an ancient tradition of learning; it underlines a oneness and the ceremony
marks a beginning for the new professional.
In the United States, the great majority of the academic costumes now worn are in
accordance with the general provisions of the Intercollegiate Code of 1895.
Under the code, bachelors' gowns are made with pointed sleeves; masters' gowns are made
with long closed sleeves with an arc near the bottom; doctors' gowns are made with round
open sleeves.
Usually gowns are black, although some American and many foreign universities use colors.
Bachelors' and masters' gowns are untrimmed.
Doctors' gowns are faced down the front with velvet with three velvet bars across the
sleeves.
The velvet facing and bars may be black or they may be the color of the field of study.
Women may wear white collars with a bachelor's gown.
Hoods are also black.
The doctor's hood is four feet in length, the master's three and one-half feet.
Colorado School of Mines hoods are lined with silver and blue, the official School colors.
The velvet border on the hood, which is three and five inches wide for the master's and
the doctor's degrees, respectively, identifies the field of study to which the degree
pertains.
Colorado School of Mines hoods have yellow velvet borders for Master of Science, orange
velvet borders for Master of Engineering, and blue velvet borders for Doctor of
Philosophy.
The black mortarboard cap is standard in the United States.
Doctors wear a gold tassel; Master of Science a yellow tassel; Master of Engineering an
orange tassel; and Bachelor of Science a black tassel.
Caps are customarily removed only during prayers, and then by men only.
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