tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post5139994605116004748..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: A New MilestoneDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-26399482301590893612017-06-11T10:48:05.181-05:002017-06-11T10:48:05.181-05:00Not even going to touch the "whip/wife" ...Not even going to touch the "whip/wife" thing...<br /><br />But I didn't even notice the Mel Gibbons switch. Maybe I just read it and subconsciously thought "Yeah, that's about right." <br /><br />The university where Kim got her PhD has "tartan" as its official colors - now <i>that's</i> a hood!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-62588497494273139322017-06-11T10:38:33.722-05:002017-06-11T10:38:33.722-05:00Thank you. That is precisely what I was looking fo...Thank you. That is precisely what I was looking for. My wife (which my spell checker thinks is also my <i>whip</i>) and daughter are currently burrowing down the wabbit "whole". <br /><br />I really do hate my spell checker. I type just fast enough to be three words ahead at the time it re-spells my words. I frequently fail to do an adequate job of proof-reading prior to hitting the post button.<br /><br />I will, however, award 3 brownie points with a gold star for what it did to Mel Gibson's name above.<br /><br />And, whip is actually a more appropriate honorific for my wife.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-51622101533448802592017-06-11T10:11:58.889-05:002017-06-11T10:11:58.889-05:00Hi Lucy -
Well, congratulations on your grandchil...Hi Lucy -<br /><br />Well, congratulations on your grandchild's graduation! I know you weren't fishing, but seriously - that's an achievement and it should be recognized and celebrated. :)<br /><br />The regalia that professors wear is likely different from the regalia that high school administrators or instructors wear, and I can only lead you to the college version. My guess is that the high school version is modeled on that, though, so perhaps it will be useful.<br /><br />This link seems to make the most sense: <a href="http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Academic-Costume-Code.aspx" rel="nofollow"> Try this.</a> <br /><br />As a holder of a PhD in history from the University of Iowa, my regalia would look like this:<br /><br />Black gown with bell-shaped sleeves indicating PhD. It is faced with black velvet, with three white velvet bars for Arts & Letters on each sleeve. My hood would be four-feet long, trimmed in white (as with the sleeves), and the inside of the hood would be black and gold for UIowa. I'd have a black velvet cap, I think, again signifying PhD. It's been a while.<br /><br />I'll have to look into the military stuff. I never served and even I get angry at stolen valor. It takes a certain kind of moral bankruptcy to claim service when it isn't yours.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-56101985502959380912017-06-11T09:20:18.432-05:002017-06-11T09:20:18.432-05:00Okay, First: Congrats to the grad.
Second: (And n...Okay, First: Congrats to the grad.<br /><br />Second: (And not sucking around for anything here ...) Just attended my second HS grad ceremony for a grandchild. Which brings me to ...<br /><br />Third. While perusing the program, both my eldest daughter and my wife discovered one of the Great Mysteries of Life™: <br /><br /><b>Scholastic Regalia</b><br /><br />Says here in the program that all of the educators robes can be read like a 'Book of Honors & Achievements" by anyone who knows what to look for. (I actually believe that. Show me a military uniform filled with ribbons and I can read the story easily. One of the reasons why incidents of stolen valor irk me so much. Don't get me started on Hollywood's abuse of military honors on uniforms in movies - it's so easy to do it right and they invariably do it, not just wrong, but horribly WRONG! ((just ask Janiece or Jim)).<br /><br />Where was I? Oh, yeah ...<br /><br />So wicipedeia (sic - on purpose) has a page that clears the whole regalia thing up about as clear as mud. "Academic robes and regalia identifying by color the degree, school and other distinction, are controlled under rules of a voluntary Intercollegiate Code..." <<< <i>That's a copy & paste direct quote</i>!<br /><br />Cool- so as one who should (I presume) know about such things, can you point me somewhere to find specifics regarding all the little robes, ropes, badges, and adornments we saw on the gowns of the professors, instructors and principles at the ceremony Friday night?<br /><br />In fact, I'll trade you - here's a good place to start learning about that spray of ribbons on Mel Gibbons uniform and why it's so wrong: http://www.officialmilitaryribbons.com<br /><br />Your turn. My whip and daughter will forever be in your debt.* <br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />*Or curse you for sending them down a rabbit whole.LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com