NOTE: 1  Gasses react more rapidly with moist rather than dry litmus. 2  Gasses change the color of litmus paper over its entire exposed surface, not just at the edges because they make contact over the entire surface. 3  The neutral gasses nitrogen and oxygen do not affect the color of either red or blue litmus.
The tradition of giving leis to graduates has now spread to the mainland. Many graduation leis at stateside schools are designed to reflect school spirit by incorporating flowers, yarn, ribbons or other materials in the graduate's school colors.
King's College London graduands wearing academic dresses without caps. Graduation is getting a diploma or academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, in which students become graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as graduands. The date of graduation is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation.