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    the story of this word begins a long time ago in greece.
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    it meant a hunk of something to eat.
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    we may get our word from a lump of bread
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    when no one knew how to tell, how did anyone learn?
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    it may be that when the world was young, no one knew how to talk.
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    the tuft still appears on the modern biretta
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    the term mortarboard does not appear in english until the 1850 s.
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    such a tufted square cap is considered the badge of the 024 mastership
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    with few exceptions, modern universities keep that ceremonial austerity.
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    but by the renaissance black was back, as the color black symbolized simple and plain
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    the standard clerical dress throughout europe was the long black cope.
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    the majority of scholars in the middle ages6 were churchmen
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    all the graduates are wearing black square flat caps and gowns.
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    for students, the most exciting moment may be the graduation ceremony5
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    in the early days of public education, school teachers were not always salaried.
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    in slang english“ to applepolish ”means“ to flatter or fawn”and an applepolisher is a flatterer.
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    in schoolchildren’s case, the apple is offered to make their grades more favorable.
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    american schoolchildren occasionally present an apple to the teacher.
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