Word: spee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...petition could have some effect on several of the nine all-male final clubs, commercial properties which are in residentially zoned areas of Mt. Auburn St. Two final clubs--the Spee and the Phoenix--have received variances from city agencies in the past that permit them to house businesses in their basements...
...must have been insane. All I ever found in the plush surroundings of the Spee, the Fly and other clubs were new ways to kill time. And new ways to compromise my views as a feminist, a liberal and a human being. But as long as these clubs continue to exist at Harvard, there will always be good, well-intentioned men and women who will be seduced by the scene, and by its facade of grandeur and tradition. But as anyone who knows anything about final clubs can see, this appearance is a farce, a feeble attempt by insecure undergraduate...
WELL, I'm here to tell you that there is nothing sophisticated about, say, the Spee Pajama Party, where people shamelessly don their nightery (and think that it's really cool that they are being so casual--I mean, I for one don't wear pajamas and wouldn't want to party with anyone who does), and there is nothing sophisticated about the Fly Garden Party, where people dress in seersucker and play croquet and try to act oh-so-highbrow...
...closest ties with Harvard which makes legal action easier, but stopping one club on the basis of association with Harvard does not stop the others. My second problem is with the acronym for Stop Withholding Access Today. "SWAT" seems to have been chosen for the Fly, "SWAT the Spee" is nonsensical. The acronym also implies destruction of the clubs. While some people may want this, I think there is very little legal grounds for abolishing The Fly Club, about as much as there is for abolishing the Nazi party...
...facade Yes Preserving the historic facade of the building lowers the club's property value 1986 FOX / temporarlly lowering property assessment from $1 million to $825,000 in return for not changing its facade Yes Preserving the historic facade of the building lowers the club's property value 1984 SPEE / permission to house a business in thebasement in exchange for not changing its facade Yes The building contributes to a historic district on the national register of historic places Graphic/Jonathan S. Cohn