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[176] pp. Privately Printed for The Club 1948 w/ 3-fold letter of Class of 1979/ 80/ 81 members 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" The Fly Club is a final club, traditionally "punching" (inviting to stand for election) male undergraduates of Harvard College during their sophomore or junior year. Undergraduate and graduate members participate in club activities. History Founded in 1836 as a literary society by the editors of Harvardiana, the club was granted a charter by the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity on March 29, 1837. It remained active until surrendering its charter in 1865. With the graduation of the members of the class of 1868, the club was discontinued until 1878, when graduate members, including Edward Everett Hale (class of 1839) and Phillips Brooks (class of 1855), initiated undergraduates from the class of 1879, to whom the old Harvard chapter charter of Alpha Delta Phi was restored. In 1906, the fraternity's charter was once again surrendered, and in 1910, the organization officially adopted the name "Fly Club," its unofficial title since 1885. Symbols Some sources maintain that the club's name was derived by combining the "PH" from "Alpha," the "l" from "Delta," and the "i" from "Phi," to get "Phli," pronounced "Fly". The club motto, suggested by Prof. Morris H. Morgan (class of 1881) and adopted Feb. 1902, reads DURATURIS HAUD DURIS VINCULIS, an ablative absolute construction translated as "Bonds should be lasting, not chafing or hard." Clubhouse Constructed in 1896, with a brick facade added in 1902, the Fly clubhouse is located at Two Holyoke Place, near Harvard Square, along the "Gold Coast" of formerly private residences that now comprise Harvard's Adams House, completed 1932. The Fly sits in front of Harvard's Lowell House (1930), across Mt. Auburn Street from the Harvard Lampoon building (1909). Fly Club Gate The Fly Club Gate is located along the exterior of Winthrop House. An English Baroque structure, the gate was built in 1914 by a grant from members of the Fly Club. The Fly's symbol, a "leopard rampant gardant" (known as the "Kitty"), is centered within the ironwork above the entry. Inscribed below is a dedication: "For Friendships Made in College the Fly Club in Gratitude has Built this Gate. Following is a list of Fly Club members. Fly Club is a final club for male students at Harvard University. Member Initiated into the D.U. Club, which merged with the Fly Club in 1996, is indicated with a *. Academia William Gardner Choate founder of boarding school Choate Rosemary Hall James Bryant Conant* 26th President of Harvard University Archibald Cary Coolidge historian, Harvard professor, first director of the Harvard University Library Charles William Eliot 24th President of Harvard University Samuel Eliot historian; president of Trinity College, overseer of Harvard University, Boston Public Schools superintendent Abbott Lawrence Lowell historian, 25th President of Harvard University Charles Stearns Wheeler transcendentalist, noted as inspiration for Henry David Thoreau s Walden Architecture Herbert Dudley Hale Boston and New York City architect who designed the Fly Club's house at Two Holyoke Place. William Robert Ware architect, first professor of architecture at MIT, founder of the School of Architecture at Columbia University Business Charles Francis Adams Jr. president of the Union Pacific Railroad, president of the American Historical Association, and colonel in the Union Army Charlie Cheever co-founder of Quora Albert Hamilton Gordon* Wall Street entrepreneur, Chairman of Kidder Peabody George H. Mifflin president of Houghton Mifflin publishing company Louis Kane owner of Au Bon Pain bakery and café Spencer Rascoff co-founder and former CEO of Zillow David Rockefeller* American banker Entertainment Robert Carlock screenwriter and producer Fred Gwynne stage, film, and television actor Whit Stillman for Metropolitan, which was nominated for the Acad.
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