Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Judging from my experience, I would say that there is no doubt that the Porcellian Club--as an institution --is anti-Semitic," Birge said. "Many of the individual members may not be, but the Club definitely...
...Spee Club broke tradition this year by electing a Negro, the first ever to join a Harvard Final Club. But it would be a mistake to assume that this step indicates a change in the attitudes of most club members...
William Coleman III '65-4, president of the Delphic Club at the time of the election, expressed the majority view in a statement to the CRIMSON. "I don't want to say that this is a precedent that all the clubs at Harvard should follow, or that the Delphic Club is definitely going to take in a Negro or a Chinese or whatever," Coleman said...
...Club members are often willing to acknowledge that racial and religious prejudices exist, but most excuse it because "that's the way the world is." Few worry that Harvard will use this or any other excuse to end or drastically change the club system. Club alumni, a remarkably loyal group, are among the biggest contributors to Harvard, and this is the clubs' ace in the hole...
...University circular in the early fifties dared to state that clubs were not influential in undergraduate life, and the report brought scores of angry letters from outraged alumni. The error has not been repeated.'While inside the club, located above J. August, the members address each other as 'Brother' this and 'Brother' that and refrain religiously from discussing politics. They are instructed to look outside only through a mirror above the J. August sign, placed in such a way that a club member may view the pedestrian life on Mass. Ave. without rising from his overstuffed seats...