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...Hasting Pudding Social Club last Friday became a College-recognized organization. Alarmingly, the College’s only demand thus far is that the “punch?? process be open to all undergraduates. The actual selection process will likely not change much after the initial open invitation, raising the specter of a College-sponsored exclusionary social club...
Where does the term “punch?? come from...
...comes from the original drink of choice at final clubs’ member selection functions back in the day. While well-bred men scrutinized other well-bred men and decided between Groton, Exeter and Choate alums, they drank punch. Thus, the events came to be called “punch?? events and the prospective members became “punches.” Punch, usually made with rum, was also a popular potent potable for other festivities as well during that time. In the late 19th century, it was traditional for freshmen to give a punch...
Illingworth said that the main obstacle to the social club’s transformation into a recognized student group is the club’s admissions process. Members of the club are currently selected by a “punch?? process, like those in place at Harvard’s officially unrecognized final clubs...