The fate of Harvard’s Fox Club will fall, for now, on the side of tradition. Thursday morning, a vote to authorize the continued election of female members narrowly failed.
The Crimson reported:
Back in October, the once and future all-male club accepted a group of women—months before Harvard administrators would pressure all single-sex clubs to do the same. Members claimed shortly after that the administration had “forced their hand.” Whether the spirit of gender inclusivity or administrative threats motivated fall’s policy shift, the break from tradition upset the graduate board, who fired their board chairman and shut the house down in November.
This May, a controversial decree from on-high all but confirmed an overbearing administrative agenda forced the Fox to elect women. And with yesterday morning’s vote, the graduates, compelled by “our sense of duty to protect the club that we love,” claimed a victory for fellowship.
