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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Members of the Porcellian club, the oldest and most prestigious of Harvard's eight all-male final clubs, are notoriously hush-hush about affairs in their clubhouse at 1324 Mass...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Chance for the Old Boys Network | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...most famous tale of club lore: the Porcellian presents all members who have not yet achieved economic success by age 30 with an expensive birthday gift--$1 million...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Chance for the Old Boys Network | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

Although this story may be more legend than actual tradition, there is a history of final club members helping younger members survive and succeed in their post-Harvard careers and lives...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A New Chance for the Old Boys Network | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

...difference is ostensibly that the hierarchies in today's student groups, publications, government simulations, and such, unlike the elitist final club scene of Roosevelt's time, are based on merit. But anyone who has ever applied for a position and seen it go to a friend or roommate of the student making the decision knows this isn't true...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Behind the Meritocracy | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

Vernon was also a world-class rower who continued to row with Cambridge Boat Club until last year. He broke the world record for his age group in the Crash-Bs, an indoor rowing competition, while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business Scholar Vernon Dies at Age 85 | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

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