Word: signetics
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...main door; it's locked. But walk in the side door to see what the Signet looks like inside. Perhaps you should tell a member-friend of yours that you're coming or you'll be asked to leave. Members cherish the exclusive nature of their club...
Move to the library, where members are reading literary criticism magazines or books from the collection of old volumes sitting on decaying book shelves. Test the grand piano in the corner. The walls are covered with pictures of past Signet gatherings, mostly at one of the two big dinners held for present and past members each year...
...look carefully, you'll see that a fair number of well-known figures who graduated from Harvard also graduated from the Signet--like Norman K. Mailer '43, George A. Plimpton '48, T.S. Eliot '10, and John H. Updike '54, Caspar W. Weinberger '38. Teddy Roosevelt Class of 1880, and Harvard presidents Percival Lowell Class of 1876 and James B. Conant '14 were honorary members...
Today, most Signet members stake their claim to fame by belonging to another literary, artistic or dramatic organization, or knowing enough members to get elected. As a result, the distinction between membership in the Society and the nine all-male final clubs has become increasingly blurred, spurring efforts on the part of some members to increase the cultural activity of the Society while opening up the election process...
Memberships on various campus publications like the Advocate, and the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatics Club are held at a premium by the members, who hold elections four times a year to determine whether students "put up" by other members should be asked to join the Signet's ranks. For an initiation fee of about $100 and a monthly charge of $40, members are entitled to eight lunches and invitations to other less frequent Signet events, like Friday afternoon teas...