Word: doctores
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last meeting of the Yale Corporation, it was decided to extend the course for the degree of Doctor of Medicine from three to four years, and the new corriculum will go in force with the students matriculating in the fall of 1896. Graduates of Yale College, and of the Sheffield Scientific School, who have pursued certain biological studies for two years, may be admitted to advanced standing, and may become candidates for a degree after three years' further study...
...Trimmings - For the bachelor's and master's degrees the gowns are to be untrimmed. For the doctor's degree the gown is to be faced down the front with black velvet, with bars of the same across the sleeves, if desired, or the facings and cross bars may be of velvet of the same color as the binding or edging of the hood, being distinctive of the Faculty to which the degree pertains...
...Length - The length and form of the hood will indicate the degree, as follows: For the bachelor's degree the length shall be three-fourths that of the master's degree. The master's degree shall be the customary length, not exceeding four feet, and the doctor's degree shall be of the same length but have panels on the sides...
...CAPS.The caps shall be of the material and form generally used, and commonly called mortar-board caps. The color shall be dark. The doctor's caps may be of velvet. Each cap shall be ornamented with a long tassel attached to the middle point of the top. The tassel of the doctor's cap may be in whole or in part of gold thread...
...Members of the corporation shall be entitled during their terms of office to wear the gown of highest dignity - that of the doctor's degree - together with the hood appropriate to the degree which they may have severally received. Members of the faculties, and any person officially connected with the university, who have been recipients of academic honors from other universities or colleges in good standing, may assume the academic costume corresponding to their degree, as described in the foregoing section, provided that such right shall terminate if said persons shall cease to be connected with the university. The president...