Word: signeteer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the early 1970s, the Signet has admitted women, one of the club's features which members say distinguishes their Society from the all-male final clubs. Because of its coed status, the Signet was never asked to dissociate itself from the University when the final clubs severed their official links last year, according to Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, who is also an associate member of the Society...
...club is an officially sanctioned undergraduate organization. "We are tied to the University and subject to its rule," says treasurer Diane M. Cardwell '86, who adds that The Signet does not use the Centrex phone system, the University's steam heating, or alumni mailing lists...
...Hasty Pudding, similar to the Signet because it requires students to be "put up" before being considered for membership, is also coed and officially recognized by the College...
Although the Signet is coed, many members today agree that the fine line between this literary society and final clubs is no longer absolute. While the exclusive organization began as an alternative to the clubs, about 20 percent of today's membership have also joined final clubs, says Max Drake '87, a Signet member who says he also belongs to a final club...
...associate members say that undergraduate members consider only the literary, artistic, and intellectual aspects of a potential member in deciding whether he should be elected. Writers involved seriously in campus publications, actors, artists, and musicians make up the bulk of the Signet's membership, says Marquand, adding, "The Signet is much less of a social club than The Crimson...