They are most notable for being responsible for carrying the university mace in academic processions.
The Sunday services are followed by the famous pier walk, in which students walk to the pier and back in academic procession.
Members of the class, wearing gold robes, marched at the head of the academic procession.
You do it with really big chunks of money, openly, with an academic procession to give it dignity.
An academic procession is a traditional ceremony in which university dignitaries march together wearing traditional academic dress.
An academic procession forms a usual part of college and university graduation exercises.
The installation of a university president is usually accompanied by a much more elaborate academic procession, involving visiting celebrants from other universities.
Keeping time, a line of women fetchingly behatted snaked around the market booths looking every bit like an unusual academic procession.
Founding date is an important point of institutional pride, since it governs the order in which the institutions march in academic processions.
For the first time, the academic procession was led by a Fire Department color guard.