Show THE THE question of college caps is a agitating agitating agi agi- l- l tating the students of the University of bf Boston The University Beacon gives the opinions of several members of the faculty of that institution on the ques- ques tion Here are some of them then Dean Huntington I have been somewhat somewhat somewhat some- some what acquiescent on the subject of caps and gowns I think there ought to be unity in the class regarding the matter Prof Bowline Bowne I do not object to it but all that I can say is that I think it belongs to the sub-rational sub side of life P Prof Kirby I am inclined to say as Lincoln said to one who read a fine speech to him II If If anyone likes that sort of thing that's just the sort of thing they'd like II For my part I am indifferent It is la largely gely a matter of taste No strong reasons can be urged for it or against it Prof Perrin We as a people are was liable to become too democratic It st well to uphold some of these ancient customs If we wish to make distinctions distinctions distinctions let us doit it on strictly educational educational educational lines I am not opposed to them by any means r Prof Coit If the boys and girls j want to wear them let them do so As Asto Asto Asto to their aesthetic and practical value I Iam Iam Iam am inclined to it deny They are worn worna l a very little They cannot be worn on the street to any purpose or effect as in Oxford or in Cambridge My feelings on the whole are oppose opposed to their use Prof Buck Do not wear them by any means I They are a hideous impertinence This is a peoples people's college and such things do not belong here in this sense they are im im- pertinent In appearance the they yare are hideous Prof Taylor It is an English custom and not American It is an attempt to t transplant a foreign custom It is hard to keep uniformity in the class concerning concerning concerning concern concern- ing the matter even after they have agreed to wear them Personally however however however how how- ever I rather like them but I have seen the attempt prove unsuccessful in a several colleges I know of a college in which the faculty has ruled that the present presen t sen senior class shall wear them and there exists a very strong feeling among the members of the class against them Prof Geddes I consider it ita a relic of the middle ages Boston University has acted independently of pre customs in colleges and I hope this custom of wearing caps and gowns may not noi prevail here 1 The he adoption of the custom is due larely to the fact that other colleges have done it For my part I should rather have each man answer independently If he wishes to wear a dress suit let him do so or if he prefer a frock coat give him the privilege of suiting his own taste taste I prefer also to see the young ladies ladles in their pretty dresses rather than the gloomy caps and gowns If the CHRONICLE editor were to express express express ex ex- press an individual opinion on the question of college caps he would say that they are altogether out of of place in inan inan inan an institution of this kind Anyway they are not becoming Any type of facial beauty that can keep its sem- sem I blance underneath one of these angular atrocities need not fear any sort of dis dis- guise When it is is said of a young lady in a college cap She looks just lovely in it it you may depend upon it that the speaker has no sen sense se of beauty or else that she would look II just lovely in anything The fact that some of our young women students have been admired in them is a great compliment to the young ladies' ladies beauty none beauty none at atall atall atall all to their taste In conclusion let us say college caps and gowns gowns- gowns even even ven college honors and college degrees degrees are are gradually going out of favor in America Our tonal institutions rest upon better and firmer foundations than these and will endure when these customs lie hidden beneath the dust of ages Those who have worn the caps here deserve commendation I because they were actuated by pure though perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps mistaken patriotism and an ardent desire to infuse a needed much-needed enthusiasm But we believe this sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice fice is too foo great a one to make even ev n upon the altar of patriotism We ought to be careful about blindly following following following fol fol- lowing custom especially when the custom is a decaying one |