Covenant Theological Seminary
Missouri
1955
Formerly “Covenant College and Theological Seminary”
Covenant College and Theological Seminary uses the Scottish and Presbyterian colors of blue and white as its school colors along with the traditional Scottish “Clergy” tartan pattern. The undergraduate liberal arts college separated from the seminary in 1964, moved to Georgia, and became Covenant College with its own tartan pattern.
According to information published by Kevin Sheard in Academic Heraldry in America (1962) and Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970), Covenant College and Theological Seminary used the “Clergy” tartan pattern as the lining of its academic hood. After the college separated from the seminary in 1964, the seminary continued to use this pattern, but the college adopted its own tartan and began to use it as its hood lining pattern. These tartan hood lining patterns do not appear in any list from the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume, so Covenant College and Covenant Theological Seminary must have never registered their hood linings with the Bureau.
