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the only hat designed so you can throw it the instant you own it.
name originNamed for the flat board masons hold mortar on.
the tasselMoving it side to side marks your graduation.
medieval rootsDescends from caps worn by clergy and scholars.
the tossMass cap-throwing started at a 1912 naval academy.
square symbolismThe flat top echoes a scholar's open book.