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Haddad isn’t the first one to try and open up the literary society. Indeed, the Signet was founded in 1870 as a reaction against The Hasty Pudding Club, whose influence on the campus the Signet founders found unfairly powerful...
...however, The Crimson reported that the Signet had become just another venue for socializing. “The assumption that a group of interesting people will spontaneously produce brilliant conversation when brought together does not often hold true after a morning of classes when most members prefer to relax rather than to emanate or to absorb culture,” the Crimson story said...
...society initiated its first female members in 1971—the first social club at Harvard to do so—and elected its first female president the next year. Even under her watch, however, the Signet continued to face allegations of elitism and sexism. Poet Adrienne Rich was invited for the organization’s annual dinner in 1972, only to storm out after a speech, which, she told The Crimson, showed that the Signet was clearly “a male-dominated institution...
...have brought a new wave of members into the fold. The organization has recently seen an infusion of dancers and journalists. Along with changes in membership, he has also tried to bring the society’s focus back to the arts, not just swanky lunches. He has involved Signet alumni and faculty members in Signet events, including Stockard Channing ’65, Tommy Lee Jones ’62, John A. Lithgow ’67, and Porter University Professor Helen Vendler...
Even outside of the Signet’s doors, Haddad has tried to branch out. As Huebner attests, Haddad tries to include the entire Harvard community in Signet-sponsored events like showings of films by VES students and coffee houses. Haddad has also made efforts to publicize the organization’s weekly Friday...