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TIME isn't so smart after all. Richard Whitney wears a little pig on his watch chain (TIME, April 25)- not because he is a fancier of fine hogs - though he may be-but because he is a member of Harvard's famous Porcellian Club. Members of the seven "final" clubs at Harvard wear such things-an owl for the Owl Club, a fox for the Fox Club, a fly for the Fly Club, a bull for the A.D. Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 30, 1932 | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

...Svinhufvud, mistranslated "Pig's Head," means "Boar's Head." The name derives from the family crest, an aristocratic blazon which the Svinhufvuds share with the Dukes of Argyll, Harvard's Porcellian Club and Gordon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FINLAND: Fascist Fritter | 3/14/1932 | See Source »

...Porcellian Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: October 19 Will be Initial Date for Club Pledging of Sophomores | 10/8/1931 | See Source »

...PLYMPTON STREET PORCELLIAN CLUB Brewster Righter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P. B. H. Names Large Group of Students to Gather Old-Clothes | 12/12/1930 | See Source »

...Porcellian Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inter-club Contract Sets October 20 as First Date for Club Pledging of Sophomores---Crimson Prints Membership Agreement | 10/1/1930 | See Source »

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