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Followers of the counterculture have their share of disagreements. Where non-radicals would use the judicial system to settle most such disputes, "Movement" people are in a philosophical bind; they do not recognize the "pig courts." Last week, in the spirit of radical efforts to establish alternative institutions, a board of counterculture arbitrators handed down what it called a "Karma alignment" that resolved a financial argument between Abbie Hoffman and a former associate...
...Porcellian, A.D., Fly men pulling strings on Wall St. and State St. The clubs have, needless to say, produced a few men who were notorious pirates in their leadership capacity. When Groton man Richard Whitney was sent to Sing Sing for "fiscal irregularities", he had a gold Porcellian pig's head dangling from his watch chain as he stepped through the prison gates...
...their social position in "the Dignity of one's Familie," a listing that determined order of chapel seating, class room recital and serving oneself at table, two fledgling Boston Brahmins decided to make the elite even more clearly defined and started a club named after their favorite food, pig. Social discretion changed the name from Pig Club to Porcellian Club, and with the Porcellian Club began the most Socially, with a capital "S", exclusive club system in the country...
...Porcellian has preoccupied Boston Society ever since Francis Cabot Lowell and Robert Tree Paine discovered they shared a fondness for roast pig in 1791. According to one story, a group of ladies were discussing Hitler over tea in a Beacon Hill drawing room when one of the ladies, mystified by the conversation, inquired as to the identity of Hitler. The other ladies drew back in surprise, and the embarrassed lady snapped, "Well, you can't expect me to know every sophomore in the Porc...
...what remains of the counterculture, pig has become a term of derision reserved for male chauvinists or the fuzz. To Rock Musician James Taylor (TIME cover, March 1), however, pig means only happiness. Taylor's pet sow Mona took first prize (swine division) in the 110th Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair, and later had the ultimate award bestowed upon her: a purple ribbon for being the best animal in the entire fair. Said the elated Taylor: "I'm as proud of her as I can possibly...