04-14-2010, 03:21 AM
How about a distinctive flower on their gowns?
Graduates of the University of Texas Law School don't wear caps and gowns. Instead, they wear sunflowers on their lapels, a tradition that dates to the 1880s. When the university insisted that law school graduates had to wear distinctive apparel to mark their status, the puckish law students said they'd all wear sunflowers from a field behind the school.
Graduates of the University of Texas Law School don't wear caps and gowns. Instead, they wear sunflowers on their lapels, a tradition that dates to the 1880s. When the university insisted that law school graduates had to wear distinctive apparel to mark their status, the puckish law students said they'd all wear sunflowers from a field behind the school.