The mighty Enkana parade started from a college, crossed the streets lined with ancient buildings, crossed the Bodrian Library Square and the Theological Seminary in Baudrillard, and finally arrived at the Sheldon Auditorium. The parade is full of sacred and solemn atmosphere, and the consolidation of unified architecture seems to bring these scholars back to the era of faith completely. The bust of a great man who witnessed the rise and fall of Oxford all the year round is to commemorate the bishops and kings who donated money that year. Buildings and statues form a harmonious and complete religious atmosphere, setting off people in front of them.
This solemn atmosphere had just begun, and then it was slowly brought to Sheldon Auditorium. It was given to Oxford University by Archbishop Sheldon as a gift in 1664. Up to now, the relief head of the education donor is still embedded in the upper end of the main entrance. 17 1 1 The completion of the zenith painting ended its history as a university printing bureau and became a celebration place for awarding degrees at Oxford University. On the zenith painting, the beautiful goddess and the little angel roaming in the sky are celebrating the victory of religion; A sinner fell from heaven to hell, and poisonous snakes wrapped around him, making him unable to escape the punishment he deserved.
The ceremony went on solemnly as usual. After the honorary degree was awarded, some students who had won university scholarships read aloud "Acceptance Speech". Finally, the school representative or literature professor will make a concluding speech to commemorate the donors of the university. In the afternoon, the vice president usually holds a "campus party" in his college. At this time, participants can wear formal degree dresses, but there are also informal dresses.
Contrary to the traditional religious ceremony of Oxford University, the tender green lawn and green hillside not far from the playground of Carnegie Mellon University in the United States make people feel cordial and natural. There is no solemn and mysterious atmosphere that makes people almost suffocate, but a "secular" world that is integrated with nature. The simple and familiar award hall is in harmony with this natural environment, without any grand style.