large room in which the members meet as a society, a large and valuable library, a secretary's room, a breakfast-room, and a room for billiards and pool. The cuisine is in charge of a steward, and members can enjoy late breakfasts and suppers at their leisure. The rooms are wellfurnished, and are a popular resort.

The members retain their membership until they graduate, but the seniors take no active part in any of the proceedings of the society, and the juniors resign their interest at Christmas. Thus it will be seen that the Institute is distinctly a sophomore organization, and as such it is without a rival.

It is not certainly known in what year the Porcellian Club, the "swellest" of the college social organizations, came into existence. Its records extend back as far as 1791; but it is rumored that as early as 1789, several of the students organized themselves into a society known only to themselves as "The Argonauts," and were in the habit of meeting at each other's rooms on alternate Friday evenings. These meetings were of an entirely social nature, and always terminated with

Seal of Institute of 1770.

fact, the society came to be known as the "Pig Club."

In 1792, the name of "Gentleman's Society" was adopted, the society having a grand marshal and a deputy marshal from the senior class, and a correspond

ing and a recording secretary from the junior class. Two years later it was decided that this name worked against the best interests of the society, and it was therefore changed to the Porcellian Club, a title which it has retained ever since.

It was Joseph McKean who was really the founder of the club as it now exists. In 1794 he became its grand marshal, and left behind him an enviable reputation. He was of an exceptionally happy disposition, and was possessed of no little physical activity and strength. From the time he became the leader, Mr. McKean imbued the club with his refined characteristics, and made it famous for the gentlemanly bearing of its members. "The foundation of the Porcellian Club," says one of the former officers, "are laid on some of the strongest principles of our nature, upon sociability, brotherly affection, and generosity, and upon those qualities of liberality and courtesy, and that spirit of a true gentleman, which are best expressed by one of the Greek mottoes of our society." It was these sentiments upon which Mr. McKean strenuously insisted, and which still exist as the principles of the society.

When Mr. McKean resigned his office in 1798, he was succeeded by Charles Davis, who was famous for his quick wit and genial qualities. In 1800, Francis Dana Channing was chosen grand marshal. His administration was important in the club epochs, as during it the first club emblem was adopted. It was a heart-shaped silver medal, having on the one side the name and date of the club, and on the other two clasped hands, over which are the words, Dum vivimus vivamus. At the two corners were four Greek letters, the abbreviation of the club motto. The colors are white and green.

In 1831, the Porcellian Club united with the Knights of the Square Table, an organization which had flourished since 1809. For some time, the members of one club had also been members

a cost of over thirty thousand dollars. This club-house is well arranged for the comfort of the members; the chief attraction being the splendid library, for which the Porcellian has always been famous.

Many of the members of this society have gained national

prominence in later life. Among these may be mentioned, Wendell Phillips, Samuel Parkman, Joseph Story, William Ellery Channing, Washington Allston, Leverett Sallonstall, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Samuel Emerson Smith, Edward Everett, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, James Walker, Theophilus Parsons,

speeches, and songs, followed by a dinner. This practice later fell into disuse; but that the original purposes of organization were not forgotten, is shown by the fact that more than one hundred of the members served in the War of the Rebellion.

the motto, Concordia discors. The colors are white and corn color. The peculiar "shingle" or token of membership of the club is a strip of black cambric, bearing the name of the member in large white letters, which is placed above the door in his room.

At first the meetings of the club took place in the different members' rooms; but in 1849 it was found that a regular place of meeting was

The Hasty Pudding Club-House.

It was this new building which gave the Hasty Pudding Club its present popularity. Before 1886, its membership was not so highly prized as at present, because the building on Jarvis Field was not conveniently located for social purposes. Moreover, it is since that date that the annual theatricals of the club have attained their present prominence; pre

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Medal of Hasty Pudding Club.

the club remained until 1888, when it moved into the present handsome clubhouse on Holyoke Street. The erection of this was made possible by the energetic work of the members of the classes of '86 and '87 and '88. This building is well planned to meet the needs of the club, having a large audience-room and stage for its theatricals, and a well-filled library.

1795.

The former limit of one hundred members is now reduced to eighty twenty-five being chosen at Christmas from the junior class, twenty more the following fall, and the remaining thirty-five as their names are passed upon. The method of election is essentially more democratic than for any of the other social clubs. There is a large nominating committee, to which the members propose the names of their friends, whom they wish to have fellow-members of the club. These names must be passed by a two