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From The Editor; Officers, Fellows And Other Subscribing Members; Obituaries; Burgon Society Events In 2006, Alex Kerr
Transactions of the Burgon Society
This content includes the front cover, the table of contents, a message from the editor, a list of the Burgon Society's Officers, Fellows, and other Members, and a list of Burgon Society events of 2006. In addition, this content includes two obituaries, the first of Dr. George Shaw and the second of Len Brown, written by Alex Kerr & Mary Shaw, and Philip Goff & Nick Groves, respectively.
Tudor Sumptuary Laws And Academical Dress: An Act Against Wearing Of Costly Apparel 1509 And An Act For Reformation Of Excess In Apparel 1533, Noel Cox
Transactions of the Burgon Society
In the United Kingdom, as in other modern liberal democracies, there are few, if any, restrictions upon one’s choice of habiliment. There have in the past, however, been repeated attempts in most countries and civilizations—from the Romans (and indeed earlier civilizations) onwards—to strictly control aspects of apparel, by legislation. They were motivated by political, moral or economic considerations. However, these sumptuary laws, as they were known, were generally a failure, for many reasons. Those who wished to ignore them often could do so with impunity. The frequency of such legislation is a sign both of the perceived importance of such …
Masters Of Grammar: A Forgotten Degree, Nicholas Groves
Masters Of Grammar: A Forgotten Degree, Nicholas Groves
Transactions of the Burgon Society
In the late 1960s, the degree of BEd was invented. It was awarded to high performing students at teacher training colleges who had the three-year CertEd, and who were asked to stay on for a fourth year. Later, it was awarded as the default qualification, the pass BEd replacing the CertEd, and the BEd (Hons) taking the fourth year. It caused much looking down noses as ‘not a proper degree’—largely as it was taken through training colleges, and not in a ‘real’ university. With the demise of teacher training colleges, it has since died; all intending teachers now graduate with …
The Academical Dress Of The University Of Stirling, 1967–2006, Colin Fleming
The Academical Dress Of The University Of Stirling, 1967–2006, Colin Fleming
Transactions of the Burgon Society
The University of Stirling, one of four universities established in Scotland in the 1960s, was the only new foundation; the other three were raised to university status from pre-existing institutions. Unlike the other three—Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde—Stirling had no established programmes of study around which to develop a system of academical dress. This helps to explain why Stirling was unique among the Scottish 1960s foundations in not adopting a faculty colour scheme. Rather, the system of academical dress was allowed to evolve with the University itself. This has led to a few anomalies but no more than those at other, …
Doctors’ Greens, Bruce Christianson
Doctors’ Greens, Bruce Christianson
Transactions of the Burgon Society
Everybody knows that doctors wear scarlet, at least on red-letter days. Many are aware that, in addition to scarlet, Henry VIII’s Act lists cloth of the colours mulberry and violet as proper alternatives to black for the holder of a doctor’s degree, although considerably fewer know that this section of Henry’s Act applied only to the clergy. However, virtually nobody seems to be aware of the evidence that there was once a time when doctors, along with other important people, such as judges and bishops, sometimes wore green robes on formal occasions.6 The purpose of this short note is to …
Burgon Society Shop, Alex Kerr
Burgon Society Shop, Alex Kerr
Transactions of the Burgon Society
This content includes a list of items available for purchase from The Burgon Society, including books, booklets, The Burgon Society Member's Tie, and The Burgon Society Scarf.
Merging Traditions: Academic Dress And Nursing, Elizabeth Scott
Merging Traditions: Academic Dress And Nursing, Elizabeth Scott
Transactions of the Burgon Society
This paper will argue for an innovation in the field of academic dress, for nursing graduates. Various areas will be examined: the origin of the epitoge and its development in recent times; women and academia; changes to nursing education in the UK; parallels in custom between academia and the nursing profession; the significance of the custom of wearing caps (or not); and finally a proposal for a modern epitoge. Nursing has only very recently joined the echelons of higher education. Consequently academic dress was approved for, and allocated to, nursing graduates either pre-registration, or post-registration advanced level. The results were …