Word: porcellian
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...route to Christy's for late-night nourishment, I pass the Phoenix, the Spee and the Fox. As I stride to class in Harvard Yard, the spare change lady beseeches me from the doorway of the Porcellian...
...midst of our campus sit the final clubs, where women are welcome, if at all, only as sexual objects. On special occasions, females may enter as guests for the evening (only the Porcellian excludes all non-members, male and female alike). On balmy days when windows are open, I may even sneak a glimpse of the forbidden upstairs rooms...
...used to be the stuffiest place, nextto the Porcellian," Sears said. "You could getfined $75 for sticking your head out of thewindow...
Eliot's reputation as the uppercrest house, home to members of the Porcellian and the likes, was well served by the behavior at the auction. And Kirkland, the traditional home for the jocks, certainly upheld its reputation as the aroma of beer and sideline-like cheering came wafting up from the basement. It's good to see that randomization hasn't killed all remaining bits of House spirit...
...their high stakes reveling far into the night. Many Golden Youth kept scrapbooks of their social lives during the turn of the century--records of parties and club dinners and inordinate activities. They saved: scrolled Hasty Pudding invitations, silk-tasseled dance cards for exclusive parties, gold engraved menus for Porcellian dinners boasting aged port as an aperitif, festooned playbills, thick opera programs and multitudinous cotillion invitations with summons to some of the most prestigious and exclusive clubs and hotels in Boston. William Gibbons Morse, Class...