Saint Francis College

New York

1859

official hood lining pattern
A doctoral hood with this type of hood lining pattern in a Cotrell & Leonard catalogue from 1898.
scarlet
dark blue

Detailed information about the history of the red and blue school colors of St. Francis College is not available at this time, but the precise hues were apparently scarlet and dark blue.

Citations in the World Almanac (listed by cover date; color information is from the previous year): red/blue (1923-1935)

It is not known when the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) assigned a hood lining to St. Francis College, but a description first appears in a 1927 IBAC list as dark blue with a scarlet chevron. This description does not change in later IBAC lists.