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Police reported that James H. Duffy 3L said that on the night of Feb. 6, he came out of the Signet Society and encountered an assailant. He reportedly regained consciousness in the basement of Winthrop House at 5 a.m., minus his topcoat and a wallet containing $5. Suffering two black eyes and numerous cuts and bruises, he was treated at Stillman and held there for six days...
...Frances Marguerite Byrd, who was a student at Virginia's Hampton Institute, where Harry was in training. He immediately recognized her as "everything I ever wanted," assured her that she would marry him some day, and departed for more training on the West Coast, leaving her with his signet ring, a gold locket and a white poinsettia. He served in the Navy as a storekeeper, was discharged after 18 months without ever getting overseas...
...significant change in Signet lies deeper than in these alterations. In the original statement of the Society's aims, literary culture and social intercourse were among the chief purposes. These two objects are not incompatible, but neither are they particularly conducive to one another, and at times the social intercourse threatens to submerge the literary culture. It is of course difficult to have a Platonic dialogue at lunch, but the general flow of conversation tends to center about daily affairs, topical anecdotes, and private and public gossip. There are virtually no more meetings to read papers or hold serious discussions...
...preamble to Signet's constitution states one further purpose for the Society, that election to membership be a recognition of merit. One of the founders expressed his hope that people would be elected on the basis of real ability rather than because of "good fellowship," and that Signet would not adopt the false standard of admission originally criticized in other clubs...
Nevertheless, in spite of its functional defects, Signet serves a unique and invaluable purpose in being the only intellectual social society at Harvard. The College has a reputation based upon its outstanding academic record, yet there is almost no official recognition of individual academic achievements. The University supports a club for varsity athletes, and the other clubs