Danger: Falling Hats

Autor/in	Troop, Don
Titel	Danger: Falling Hats
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2009) 38, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduation; Military Schools; Ceremonies; Clothing; Mechanics (Physics); Accidents; Injuries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Abschluss; Graduierung; Militärschule; Zeremoniell; Kleidung; Mechanik
Abstract	Tossing mortarboards at commencement is all fun and games until somebody gets her head sliced open. This article describes the harrowing experiences of Trudy Kuehner, a graduating senior at Sterling Regional High School 31 years ago, and another 17-year-old graduate who were both injured by a mortarboard. Such injuries are the exception, though, and hat tossing is widely accepted, even encouraged. Besides, the administrator who forbids it almost guarantees that mortarboards will fly--probably at his head. Anglia Ruskin University, in England, was widely ridiculed last year for banning hat tossing. No one is certain when college graduates first considered the aerodynamic potential of mortarboards, but some sources cite June 7, 1912, as the dawn of ceremonial hat tossing. That was the first time graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy threw their "covers" en masse. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10