The hood is a part of the academic regalia. Initially, the hood was worn as a covering for the head. It is diversified in colour. The hood is also worn by clergies in the church, most especially in the Anglican Communion. It is also used by the choristers, who wear it over their cassocks. We also find the hoods among elders in the African Community.
For academic regalia, we find the hood of the bachelor and the master to be very simple. The PhD regalia differ from usual regalia that are found around; their hoods are larger and also longer than those used by other member of the education commodity. There is also a uniqueness that come with this hood, in the different colour they come in. their colours depend on their area of specialisation that there wearer specialises in. it is complex thing trying to distinguished the masters and doctors regalia based on the hood colour; the colour range from white through the various colours of the rainbow and to grey.
The Academic hoods are usually differentiated with the various colours the doctors wear. Doctors from agriculture wear hoods that are maize in colour doctor for library science wear yellow and those from medicine wear hunter green. The criteria’s of choosing this colour is unknown but can be speculated. The doctors from humanities or art used hood that are sparkling white, this perhaps could an attempt to signify the purity found in art. The beauty of these different colours can be seen in ceremonial event that the university that has doctors from various field in attendance; in theology, will find the doctors wearing hoods that are red in colour. Red, is the colour associated with the church, and for a very long time was considered as one of the traditional colour of the church. The shedding of blood that has been attributed to salvation is the part of religious that cannot be removed. Blood been red could also explain why doctors in religion use hood that are red in colour. We find among the doctors in pharmacy the use of olive green and also the use of green in medicine. Green is the colour associated to herbs, and herbs associated to healing. Since the primary aim of those in the field of medicine and pharmacy is to heal the sick and create drug that will heal diseases, it is not unusual nor out of place to find field related to this having hood that are green in colour. Golden yellow, is the colour of the hood that the science use. Scientific had been attributed greatly to wealth and golden yellow is a colour that signifies wealth, this explains why science has been favour with that colour. The colour of this hood was standardised in the 19thcentury in united state.
Every undergraduate is opportune to see this vast diversity display before their very eyes on matriculation day, and the university take so much pride in flaunting their asset [doctors] before the fresh men. For student the academic represent a future of excellence, prestige and success; and attaining this hood and this hood is considered has a dreamed come true.
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