Word: signetics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Signet has merit-based selection, not one based on distinction or wealth," says Epps, the Harvard administrator charged with overseeing official student organizations...
Students also say that the Signet's exclusive nature has pushed it closer into the realm of final clubs. "It's hard to defend the Signet against charges of elitism. We apply standards which are admittedly vague and which vary from election to election. Everyone who joins the Signet accepts this," Murphy says...
...been in both situations, and the atmospheres are different, the kinds of things you discuss are different," says Drake, adding that the cocktail hour given by the Signet for nominated students is completely different than the fall or spring punching seasons of final clubs...
...Cardwell says the society's mission is far different than the much-maligned finals clubs. "The Signet isn't exactly like a final club. It's not just a social organization. It is a social organization, but it is supposed to somehow further arts and letters also," she says...
While the society's original charter states that the aim of the Signet is "to stimulate and promote greater interest and proficiency in letters, the arts and scholarship," members say that their society does little as an organization to stimulate literary activities on campus...