Word: somerset
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...Somerset, Union, Tavern, Algonquin, St. Botolph and—for women—Chilton Clubs represented the hub of The Hub. The stature of these clubs was so elevated that no one could aspire to the city’s first circle of power without joining one, or better still, several...
...many takers,” says one club member, who asked not to be named, “but it’s understandable. If you were black, you wouldn’t want to stick out like a sore thumb. My instinct is that the Somerset would be delighted to have more, but my guess is that [minorities] would not be too interested.” A Taverner, gave another explanation: “These clubs are slow to reach out, but they’ve gone a long way in that direction. The turnover in a university...
...while playing cards and catching up on the news from Europe. “There was a whole class of people that didn’t have to work,” says Hugh Davids Scott Greenway ’71, a member of both the Tavern and the Somerset...
...Among their descendents in today’s fast-paced urban Boston, the old ways, though not entirely extinct, are fast fading. “Lifestyles have changed,” says Robert Minturn ’61, a member of the Somerset Club. “Young people work-they have a sandwich at their desk and then go to the gym for 40 minutes. They won’t spend an hour and a half at the Somerset in the middle of the day.” Even the older crowd is more likely to power-lunch...
...Members use the clubs for both business and social purposes. The intimate old-Boston ambience appeals to out-of-towners who are often brought up as guests. “At the Somerset,” St. Botolph members have long chuckled, “they have the money; at the Union, they manage it; at the Algonquin, they’re trying to make it; and at the St. Botolph, they enjoy it.” The Chilton and Somerset are primarily social. Even discussing business in the morning room used to bring a waiter with a silver platter...