Word: opening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...midst of our campus sit the final clubs, where women are welcome, if at all, only as sexual objects. On special occasions, females may enter as guests for the evening (only the Porcellian excludes all non-members, male and female alike). On balmy days when windows are open, I may even sneak a glimpse of the forbidden upstairs rooms...
...answer is not to abolish these venerable institutions, which own some of the choicest buildings, situated on some of the choicest sites, around the Harvard campus. The answer, in my view, is for the final clubs voluntarily to open their membership rolls to Harvard women. Among a student body that by its own admission spends little time socializing, the final clubs bring together a cross section of students for relaxation in the small groups the clubs can accommodate. The clubs have access to financing beyond most other student groups. They have the inclination to organize weekend entertainment and facilities that...
...accepting women as members, the final clubs will demonstrate that they are in touch with the moral dictates of American society today. I believe it is only a matter of time before the final clubs will admit women into their ranks. They can open their doors of their own volition or hesitate until some yet unforeseen from of coercion accomplishes that for them. It is only a matter of time before women may actually welcome the opportunity to join. They can adapt quickly to a world where they are welcomed instead of barred. If it is only a matter...
They arrived at the Stadium around 9 a.m., lugging a keg up into the stands. As they set up shop at the 20-yard line of the open end of The Stadium, most of them watched a Harvard football game from a new position--the bleachers...
...wouldn't want an enormous amount of open flame, for example," Jackson says...