Academic caps and gowns worn at commencement arrived at the university in 1901 when the senior law class used them for their commencement. By 1903 all seniors wore this traditional academic regalia. The faculty first wore caps and gowns at the inauguration of President Brown Ayres in April 1905 and in commencement that year. In 1894 UT coeds wore caps and gowns as their class insignia.
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