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  2. With flying colours - Wikipedia

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    "With flying colours" ("with flying colors" in American English) is a popular idiom of the English language that is used to describe how well someone has completed a task. For example, a common use of the phrase is to refer to someone having passed a test or other examination " with flying colours ," i.e. passed the test easily or with an ...

  3. Posting the Colors - Wikipedia

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    Posting the colors requires that a color guard team move the colors (usually the American flag, the state flag, the service flag, and the unit flag) from a carried position and placed into a stand. This formality is normally done at events such as graduation ceremonies and public events.

  4. History and traditions of Harvard commencements - Wikipedia

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    [E]very Candidate for a first degree shall be clothed in a black gown, or in a coat of blue grey, a dark blue, or a black color; and no one shall wear any silk nightgown, on said day, nor any gold or silver lace, cord, or edging upon his hat, waistcoat, or any other part of his clothing, in the College, or town of Cambridge. [37]

  5. Valedictorian - Wikipedia

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    The valedictory address, or valediction, is the closing or farewell statement delivered at a graduation ceremony. It is an oration at commencement (in Canada, called convocation in university and graduation in high school) exercises in U.S. and some Canadian high schools, colleges, and universities delivered by one of the graduates.

  6. The history and meaning behind Women's History Month colors

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    Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. Experts explain the fascinating origins.

  7. Honor cords - Wikipedia

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    From left to right: Eta Kappa Nu stole, pins, and honor cords for inductions, graduations, and membership. An honor cord is a token consisting of twisted cords with tassels on either end awarded to members of honor societies or for various academic and non-academic achievements, awards, or honors. [1]

  8. Square academic cap - Wikipedia

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    The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard [1] (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar [2]) or Oxford cap [3] is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre.

  9. Class ring - Wikipedia

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    A class ring in a ring case. This ring is made of white ultrium and contains a synthetic sapphire gemstone. [1] Damavand College class ring of 1975. In the United States and Canada, a class ring (also known as a graduation, graduate, senior, or grad ring) is a ring worn by students and alumni to commemorate their final academic year and/or graduation, generally for a high school, college, or ...