Part 5 (2/2)
{Scarlet hood and Civil Law (DCL) {habit; the gown Medicine (DM){has sleeves of criery (MCh) wears the saown, and habit as an MD, and ranks next after him
Science (DSc) {Scarlet hood and habit; Letters (DLitt) {the gown has sleeves of {French grey
The habits of these Doctors, though in theblack, of the DM and DCL crirey
Doctor of Music (MusDoc)--Gown of crimson and creaeous dress goes back for nearly 300 years The gown is made of that rich kind of brocade which is popularly said to be able to stand up by itself, and tradition (not very well authenticated) has it that the identically saoorn by Richter on his admission as Doctor in 1885, which had been worn by Haydn in the preceding century The Doctor of Music, however, unlike all other Doctors, ranks after an MA; the reason is that raduates need not take the ordinary Arts course, but the degrees in Music are open to all who have passed Responsions, or an equivalent exaowns of all Doctors but those of Divinity have the sleeves trimmed with lace; DDs wear also a scarf (fastened by a loop behind), and a cassock under their habit or their gown
All Doctorates are given, or at any rate are supposed to be given, for original work that is a contribution to knowledge; but in the case of the DD the theses have quite lost this character
_The Proctors_
The Proctors, as the representatives of the MAs, wear their old full-dress gohich has otherwise disappeared from use The sleeves are of black velvet; the hoods are of miniver, and are passed on froown is a curious triangular tassel, called a 'tippet'; this is a survival of a bag or purse, which was once used for collecting fees; the appropriateness of its retention by Proctors will still be easily understood by undergraduates They used also to receive all fees for examinations, till about 1891
_Master of Arts_ (MA)
Crioith the sleeves cut short and fitting above the elbows, and hanging in a long bag, cut at the end into crescent shape
_Bachelors_
Divinity (BD)--The hood is black A scarf is worn, and a cassock also is worn under the gown
The Bachelor of Divinity is placed here for convenience of reference; but the degree is really higher than that of an MA and can only be taken three years after a man has 'incepted' as MA
Civil Law (BCL)} Medicine (BM) } The hoods are blue, Surgery (BCh) } triown of all the above Bachelors has laced sleeves fitting to the arht and also trimmed with lace
Arts (BA)--The hood is tris to fasten back
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FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 23: When a candidate had passed Responsions, he was called a '_sophista generalis_' The title has now died out in the English Universities, but survives in the form 'sophomore' in America]
[Footnote 24: This adornment seems to have survived in Oxford till within the last half-century; at all exa in for Viva Voce, had a little black hood placed round his neck; this arrangement has now disappeared]
[Footnote 25: The old statutes as to the dress of graduates are still in force, and partially observed at conferrees, examinations, &c, but there is consideredable slackness as to the' in a coloured tie, although his undergraduates are all cohtfully coe, by which, at the Gaudy dinner on Jan 1st, each guest receives a needle with a silk thread of the colour of his faculty--Theologians black, Lawyers blue, Arts students red--and is bidden 'Take this and be thrifty' Theof the hood was a duty which must have often devolved on the poor mediaeval student The custom dates froes have been careful, as Queen's has been, to preserve their old customs]
[Footnote 27: Those of royal blood, the sons of peers and members of Parliament, and those who could prove an incoe of Masters]
[Footnote 28: ie if they are ade as 'noblemen', and are entered on the books as such]
[Footnote 29: The initials STP (Sanctae Theologiae Professor), so commonly used for Doctors of Divinity onto which, in the Middle Ages, Doctor, Professor, and Master were synonyree It was only later that 'professor' came to be especially applied to a paid teacher in any subject]