Word: signet
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...students' sophomore and junior years, social divisions between classes have often crystallized in Harvard's various clubhouses. Exclusive social clubs like the Signet and the Hasty Pudding, as well as the nine all-male final clubs, tend to reinforce class boundaries...
Kuhn, who was editorial chair of The Crimsonand a member of the Signet Society, was initiallydistressed to learn of the proposed Hillel. Sincehe had "no trouble at all" on the basis ofreligion at Harvard, he worried that the Hillelmight promote division between students...
Weld was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club,the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Signet Societyand the Fly Club. He was not an active member ofstudent government, nor of any politicalorganization on campus...
...Jones, it was the first day of an illustrious college career as renaissance man on campus. Jack of all trades and master of ...all. He played for the Crimson all four years. He acted on campus in "the best [theater] he could." He became a member of The Signet Society, Harvard-Radcliffe's society's of arts and letters. (He has yet to return his initiation rose as he remains unpublished.) He "never paid any attention to the clubs [final or The Hasty Pudding]" and declined when offered membership. Active as he was, he wrote an honors English thesis...
Afternoon teas are also served right here at Harvard. Adams House has an elegant tea every Friday in the Masters' house at 4:30 p.m.; Lowell house has a Masters' tea on Thursdays at 5 p.m. and the Signet society hosts Friday teas at 5:30 p.m. (It's a good idea to arrive with a Lowell or Adams resident, or a Signet Society member...