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Mortarboard Madness and Memories from the Class of 2018

May 2018
  • Cap text: I did it for us
  • Cap text: I wined a lot, but i did it
  • Cap text: to be continued, 2018
  • Cap text: Case Closed
  • Graduation cap with pineapple and flag
  • Cap text: To teach is to tough a life forever
  • Cap text: DHY 2018
  • Graduating students with decorated caps
  • Cap text: Still an ambulance driver
  • Cap text: RT(R) 2018
  • Cap text: OTA be the change
  • Cap text: Teach the change you wish to see
  • Cap text: To be continued
  • A group of graduates
  • Cap text: 18
  • Cap text: She believed she could, so she did
  • Cap text: Don't worry, I practiced on a dummy once
  • Cap text: and off she went to change the world
  • Cap text: do or do not, there is no try

The academic or graduation cap, known as a mortarboard cap because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brick masons to hold mortar, has certainly come a long way. Thought to have originated with 17th century clergy, the mortarboard has become a staple at all collegiate commencement ceremonies.

Today the mortarboard cap is proper for all American degrees and is worn both indoors and outdoors in all occasions when gowns are used. A popular trend is to decorate the cap with a remembrance, a thank you, or a hopeful message for the future.

The photos above represent some messages and thoughts from the graduates of the Class of 2018. Did we miss your mortarboard? Send us a photo of your decorated graduation cap and we’ll include it in a future edition of the Wyvern Guardian. Send your photos to khutner [at] qcc.mass.edu.

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