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...exclusive is the Somerset Club, that one night in January 1945 when the club caught fire, the firemen ran through the front entrance before Joseph, the club’s legendary majordomo, ordered them to go around back though the servant’s entrance while he continued serving members their dinner. According to The Boston Post, “Although the fires created considerable excitement among the firemen and police who were detailed there, the club members were not disturbed in their dining room. They sat at dinner while the firemen fought on the first, second and third floors...
...greatest number of defections from the Somerset occured, not in 1863, but in 1865, following the death of Lincoln. Throughout the Civil War, a faction of the club was upset by the unpatriotic sentiment of their fellow clubbies who attacked Lincoln for his policies and ridiculed his person. Though there is no hard evidence pertaining to this great walk-out, Alexander Williams, chronicler of the Boston clubs, hypothesizes that an impolitic member may have risen and given a toast to John Wilkes Booth. As one of the founders of the Union Club would later remark, “We wanted...
...Chilton was the last to hold out in the ‘80s brouhaha over sexual integration. All set to seek an exemption, they made a sudden about face and admitted men, though only a handful. To date, no blacks, Hispanics or Asians have joined. But, says Deland, “It isn’t elitist. It’s just a group of like-minded people. I don’t see it as a snobby or high brow organization...
...pretty disappointing way to end the season, " Vazales said. "On the bright side, though, we have everybody returning next year, so hopefully we can turn things around...
...procrastinate once you hit senior spring is to sit around with your friends and reminisce. Where you once just surfed the web or arranged your CD's in reverse alphabetical order instead of writing that term paper, you now have almost four years worth of memories to relive, and though nostalgia is a little self-indulgent, it's more than occasionally necessary. Two years ago almost to this very day, I wrote a nostalgic column, which I now realize that as a sophomore I had no business writing. I was concerned that I had completed almost half my Harvard experience...