School traditions of Selmec

The ancestor of all uniforms were the miners’ uniform. The function of it was to protect the miners at work. However, the uniforms are now different according to the several professions and faculties: Gruben Uniform of the miners and the metal workers. It is black with a velvet. Auf or aufhauer Uniform of the metal workers, mechanics, organisers and teachers of technical subjects. It is coloured black or blue with a colorful velvet. Walden Worn by the foresters, woodcutters and geodesists. It is fawn-coloured with a green, black or blue velvet. There are other uniforms, which appeared first in the year 2000 at the University of Miskolc. These are: Juratus for the jurists, students of the law faculty Individual economist costume for the economists, students of the economics faculty Bocskai and Kazinczy individual costumes(in Hungarian: egyenviseletek) for arts faculty students Stefania for the medical faculty students The uniforms can have patches (for Bocskai and Kazinczy on the inside, for others on the outside) or accessories such as a long stem called ’fokos’ (Hungarian). Today, these function only as ornaments. ==Profession evenings and songs==

Originally, a profession evening, (in Hungarian: szakestély) was organised to discuss the features of professional issues. Nowadays, these issues gave way to civilised fun. There are still several remarks made by students on these evenings about professional issues, but these were made in a rather funnier way. Only the ’baptised’ and invited students can participate in these special evenings. The students usually sing songs together during the event and there are so-called office-holders with names of Latin-German origin. Some of them are wearing a ribbon and they are holding particular duties during the evening. ==Salamander==

It is the farewell ceremony practiced since 1830 by the university graduates who have kept the spirit of the school traditions. In the course of it, the graduating students participate in a process which traditionally takes place in the city centre; holding torches and lamps while singing songs that are originated from Selmec. ==References==