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...Pi Eta’s reputation for being more open and diverse than the final clubs served it well for many years. The Crimson, which frequently ran stories predicting the demise of the club system, included a mention of Pi Eta in its 1971 registration issue. “The Pi has a lot of jocks, spaghetti dinners, and all the beer you can drink, which makes it a better deal for your money than any of the ‘final’ clubs,” The Crimson advised...
...When Pi Eta merged with the Speakers Club, another prominent non-final club, it moved from its home at One Winthrop Square, where Grendel’s Den now stands, to the house at 43-45 Mount Auburn St. The Pi Eta Speakers Club thrived there—until...
George Orwell’s infamous year started poorly for the men of Pi Eta. A copy of their club newsletter—containing such gems (allegedly meant as jokes) as the phrase quoted on the Perspective posters and a reference to female party guests as “a bevy of slobbering bovines fresh for the slaughter”—was accidentally released and circulated in April. More than 100 students rallied in front of the club the following Saturday night during a party, and that Tuesday, Dean of the College John...
...clubs were growing strained during this period. In fact, less than a year later the College decided to break ties with the final clubs (which included disconnecting the clubs from Harvard heating and phone systems, among other mostly symbolic actions) because of their discriminatory admissions practices. Still, Pi Eta was particularly special. “The other clubs were seen as gentlemen’s clubs. [Pi Eta] was thought of as the fraternity at Harvard,” Epps recalls. “It was mostly a social club for boys who had not made the varsity teams...
Graduates—especially those in prominent positions—took notice of these problems. Under media scrutiny, then-Mass. State Treasurer Joseph D. Malone ’78, once a member of Pi Eta’s graduate board, severed ties with the club in April 1991. Later that year, the graduates decided to shut the place down. “They got tired of the police showing up every weekend,” Epps explains, adding he was “pleasantly surprised” by their decision...