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MoonEyes
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9. "RE: So that was a day."
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   >And there was a lot of regalia.

There seem to be, doesn't it? Somewhat like military officers giving each other, and themselves, medals, somewhat.

> - An undergraduate's cap (mortarboard). Again, you wore one of these
>yourself at your high school and/or college graduation, at least if
>you are an American; I don't know how other countries do graduation
>headgear.

I don't think you're all that interested, in reality, but on the VERY off-hand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_cap

That's the headgear from around here.

>I figured, what the hell, I'm in all these things,
>I'm-a wear their stuff.

Entirely fair a point.

>Still, it beat the recessional, which, rather than a stately
>progression of academic pomp, was more sort of a fire drill
>accompanied by the UMaine Ceremonial Brass playing The Maine Stein
>Song
over and over again. Which was a little surreal.

Sounds almost like something out a movie fever dream...so, yes, surreal.

>A fine day! Zoner even turned up for it. Then we all went out to
>lunch and the wheels came off.

Of course it did. Because, it can't ever be easy, can it? On the whole a pleasant, and fun day. No, something has to backfire in as bad a way as possible.

>Today I have a whiskey-and-cigarettes voice,

Without the whiskey-and-cigarettes to go with it? That's just mean.

...!
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 So that was a day. [View All] Gryphonadmin May-10-15 TOP
   RE: So that was a day. TheOtherSean May-10-15 1
   RE: So that was a day. JeanneHedge May-10-15 2
   RE: So that was a day. Star Ranger4 May-10-15 3
      RE: So that was a day. Gryphonadmin May-10-15 4
          RE: So that was a day. TheOtherSean May-10-15 5
          RE: So that was a day. trigger May-15-15 11
              RE: So that was a day. Gryphonadmin May-15-15 12
   RE: So that was a day. Phantom May-11-15 6
   RE: So that was a day. TsukaiStarburst May-12-15 7
   RE: So that was a day. BobSchroeck May-12-15 8
  RE: So that was a day. MoonEyes May-12-15 9
   RE: So that was a day. clg May-14-15 10

TheOtherSean
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May-10-15, 05:37 PM (EDT)
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1. "RE: So that was a day."
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   I'm glad to hear you're on track for graduation and survived the post-commencement lunch. I know you've had a few false starts on the academic front, and a few health issues, that have delayed you from your goal. So, congratulations!

Personally, I skipped commencement. All of my relatives and most of my friends who'd said they wanted to attend ended up having already scheduled something else that weekend, long ahead of time: a cruise, a trip to Arizona, out-of-town conventions, and a dive trip. So I decided to go with the flow and take a vacation, too. I'd already scheduled the days off from work because I was expecting to be entertaining family for a few days around commencement, and had then scheduled a few days off for a short vacation. Instead I spent 11 days driving about, camping at Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, visiting the Black Hills along the way.

It was fun, but I think I'd've preferred the shorter vacation but graduating in front of family and friends. You got to do that before your lunchtime fun at least. Sorry the experience afterwards was no fun. I hope you feel better soon.

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JeanneHedge
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May-10-15, 07:51 PM (EDT)
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2. "RE: So that was a day."
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   Congratulations on your commencement ceremony and honors!

If it helps any, that all sounds quite similar to my graduation from Purdue. Spring commencement at that time was broken into 4 sessions over 2 days, with which session you attended depending on which school you were graduating from. As that led to smaller groups, our ceremonies were held indoors, in the 6K+ seat theater of the Hall of Music rather than the outdoor football stadium.

Good thing too. Our procession was to have had us parading around the Mall in front of the Admin building (where lots and lots of photos are taken), and then into the Hall's lobby through the side doors (the admin building and the hall of music are connected, through the miracle of WPA funding hijinks), and on into the theater. But it rained the morning of my commencement, and so we went from the bowels of the hall of music, through the corridors used by the band and choir programs, to the hall's lobby and into the theater. (no pretty photos for us)

My recessional was "every hand for themselves" too, as we all tried to meet with friends/family (who were in the balconies) and get the %$#@ out of there ASAP. Sorry I don't recall what the orchestra was playing.

I am sorry your celebration dinner was ruined, but you seem to have come out of it ok, and now you have another medical story to go with your Tales of the College Career.

Jeanne


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Star Ranger4
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3. "RE: So that was a day."
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   hoods, actually G. the big part of the regalia for getting your masters is adding a hood, apparently becoming a hood is big for scholars.

and here I always thought becoming a hood involved spending time...

Oh wait.

Depending on the institution, there really ISN'T much difference between the two.

:p ;D

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expecting it!
No One expects the
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Gryphonadmin
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4. "RE: So that was a day."
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   >hoods, actually G. the big part of the regalia for getting your
>masters is adding a hood

I know, I said that.

"... and of course the higher degrees' regalia is more elaborate still, with hoods and stoles and the doctoral robes' special sleeves and hats, and so forth."

Part of yesterday's ceremony, between the speakers and all the bachelor's candidates parading up to shake the University President's hand and not get diplomas, involved the hooding of the successful doctoral candidates. For whatever reason (maybe because there were enough of them that it would have made the main Commencement take too long), the master's candidates had their own separate hooding ceremony on Friday.

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TheOtherSean
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May-10-15, 11:14 PM (EDT)
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5. "RE: So that was a day."
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   >Part of yesterday's ceremony, between the speakers and all the
>bachelor's candidates parading up to shake the University President's
>hand and not get diplomas, involved the hooding of the successful
>doctoral candidates. For whatever reason (maybe because there were
>enough of them that it would have made the main Commencement take too
>long), the master's candidates had their own separate hooding ceremony
>on Friday.
>
>--G.


Given what you've written in UF, I can't help but think of a ceremony for new Big Fire recruits, after they finish their training.

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11. "RE: So that was a day."
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   I think Masters' get a stole. No cool hats or hoods until you've given the dissertation.

t.

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Gryphonadmin
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12. "RE: So that was a day."
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   >I think Masters' get a stole. No cool hats or hoods until you've given
>the dissertation.

It might vary from institution to institution, but they're hooded at the University of Maine. (I believe the master's hood is of a slightly different cut than the doctoral one.) They do still wear a mortarboard, though; only doctors get the tam.

Oddly, though the doctoral candidates were hooded during commencement, the master's degree people had a separate hooding ceremony the day before. They did march at commencement, but weren't mentioned during the ceremony. I can only assume this is because there were a lot more of them than there were doctorates, and if they had been hooded as part of the same proceedings it would've made commencement take five hours. :)

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6. "RE: So that was a day."
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   Gryph,
One day you need to write this ALL down and sell your memoir.
Because as bad as I know it was, it is the type of day that seems more at home in a story than in Real Life.
My wife has several days like that, where it is just sorta unreal.

Congrats on Pre-Graduation! And glad to hear you are OK after that bit of "bad" Food.

Stay safe!
Phantom.

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impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the
truth." - Sherlock Holmes


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TsukaiStarburst
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7. "RE: So that was a day."
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   I also add to the combolations, Elizagert.

Got nothin' else to say though, aside from ew, that food thing is awful. Hope it gets better situationally for you.


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   Likewise, congratulations and my sympathies on the problems afterwards.

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MoonEyes
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9. "RE: So that was a day."
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   >And there was a lot of regalia.

There seem to be, doesn't it? Somewhat like military officers giving each other, and themselves, medals, somewhat.

> - An undergraduate's cap (mortarboard). Again, you wore one of these
>yourself at your high school and/or college graduation, at least if
>you are an American; I don't know how other countries do graduation
>headgear.

I don't think you're all that interested, in reality, but on the VERY off-hand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_cap

That's the headgear from around here.

>I figured, what the hell, I'm in all these things,
>I'm-a wear their stuff.

Entirely fair a point.

>Still, it beat the recessional, which, rather than a stately
>progression of academic pomp, was more sort of a fire drill
>accompanied by the UMaine Ceremonial Brass playing The Maine Stein
>Song
over and over again. Which was a little surreal.

Sounds almost like something out a movie fever dream...so, yes, surreal.

>A fine day! Zoner even turned up for it. Then we all went out to
>lunch and the wheels came off.

Of course it did. Because, it can't ever be easy, can it? On the whole a pleasant, and fun day. No, something has to backfire in as bad a way as possible.

>Today I have a whiskey-and-cigarettes voice,

Without the whiskey-and-cigarettes to go with it? That's just mean.

...!
Gott's Leetle Feesh in Trousers!


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clg
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May-14-15, 02:57 AM (EDT)
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10. "RE: So that was a day."
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   Wow. Salutations, congratulations, felicitations, and commiserations!

- Chad


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