Curiously, NTNU/NTH got a similar tradition which officially started in 1914, 8-11 years earlier[1, 2]. I wonder if these rings or the "identity crises" (the NT

Curiously, NTNU/NTH got a similar tradition which officially started in 1914, 8-11 years earlier[1, 2]. I wonder if these rings or the "identity crises" (the NTH-ring was designed to give former NTH (now engineering) students an identity, whereas this iron ring represents the obligations and ethics) have some correlation or not. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTH_Ring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTH_Ring [2]: http://www.ntnu.no/ntnu/old/glos/glos_nr.5_1995/ringen.html http://www.ntnu.no/ntnu/old/glos/glos_nr.5_1995/ringen.html