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Formal Hall or Formal Meal is a meal held at some of the oldest universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland (as well as some other Commonwealth countries) at which students dress in formal attire and often gowns to dine. These are held commonly in the colleges of Oxford,〔(Formal Hall Etiquette ), Jesus College, Oxford, UK.〕 Cambridge,〔(Meals & Formal Hall ), Trinity Hall, Cambridge, UK.〕 Dublin, Durham, St Andrews, Royal Holloway London, Nottingham, the Australian Sandstone universities (Adelaide, Melbourne, Queensland, Sydney, Tasmania, Western Australia), and the University of Toronto. In a number of red brick universities, some halls such as those at Manchester, Bristol, Hull and Exeter, also practise similar traditions in order to increase interaction between academics and students, and to enrich the students' overall learning experience. Colleges of some Australian red brick universities, including the Australian National University, Monash University, the University of New England, the University of New South Wales and the University of Southern Queensland, also hold gowned formal dinners. The nature of Formals varies widely between the colleges and halls that hold them. In some colleges, Formals may be held every night, and are simply a second sitting of hall at which gowns are worn and grace is read. In other colleges, Formals may be special events to which guests from outside the college are frequently invited, often with themes and associated ents or "bops". In between these two extremes fall the great majority of colleges. == Terminology == The full name and abbreviations to describe the formals differ. Generally, though, they are known as: * ''Formal Hall'' - common at Oxford, Cambridge, Royal Holloway and Durham * ''Formal Meal'' or ''Formal Dinner'' - are also sometimes used * ''Common Meal'' - subsidized collegiate meals at St Andrews * ''Commons'' - Dublin (Trinity College) Abbreviations of the above terms tend to be either ''Formal'' or, at St John's College, Cambridge, ''Hall''. There are other circumstances in which different names are used. For example, some larger colleges have both a large dining hall and a canteen-style dining room (often called the ''Buttery'' or ''Servery''). In these cases informal evening meals are taken in the Buttery and formal meals in the hall, and the term Hall is used uniquely to refer to the latter meal. Some may call it ''Second Hall'' to differentiate from the earlier self-service ''First Hall'' or ''Informal Hall''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Formal (university)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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