Word: signeteer
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...Lane was intimately associated throughout his life not only with the Library but with other groups in the college. He had an active interest in the Union, the Alumni Signet Society, and the Dante Society and was a leading spirit in the organization of the Harvard Memorial Society. His interest was equally great in many societies outside the University. To most of them he contributed papers on both historical and scientific subjects...
...undergraduate, a member of the Harvard Yacht, Institute of 1770, D.K.E., Iroquois, Stylus, Signet, Fly, and Hasty Pudding clubs...
...John Barnard Associates and the Cygnet Press are avowedly Harvard concerns. The first professes to emulate an eighteenth-century clergyman who "was fond of books and did what he could for Harvard", while the second is managed by two members of the Signet Society who aim to demonstrate that they have learned something from the finely printed books which have been given to the College Library...
Norton received his degree from Harvard, magna cum laude, in History and Literature. He was captain of the Junior University crew in 1928, a member of the Student Council, and president of the Signet Society. In his Freshman year, he was chairman of the Freshman Entertainment Committee, and captain of his class crew. One of his activities was membership in the John Barnard Associates, bibliophiles...
...taken from several copies of an edition of his "Letters" printed at Ferrara by Lorenzo de Rossi in 1497 which are now owned by G. P. Winship '93 and Mr. Hofer. The Cygnet Press was founded by Mr. Winshop and Mr. Hofer, both of whom are members of the Signet Club of Harvard. In accordance with its name, the Press has adopted a young swan as its emblem...