| Hasty Pudding Club | |
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| Founded | September 1, 1795 Harvard University |
| Type | Social club |
| Affiliation | The Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770 |
| Status | Active |
| Scope | Local |
| Motto | Concordia Discors (Discordant Harmony) |
| Symbol | Pudding Pot |
| Nickname | Pudding |
| Alternative name | The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 |
| Headquarters | 45 Dunster Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States |
| Website | www |
The Hasty Pudding Club, often referred to simply as the Pudding, is a social club at Harvard University, and one of three sub-organizations that comprise the Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770.[1] The current clubhouse was desgined by Peabody and Stearns and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978.
The year of founding for the club is usually given as 1795. The Pudding claims to be the oldest collegiate social club in the United States. Historically, the club has been noted for its "prestigious" reputation and viewed as "the first step towards final club membership."[2][3] An 1870 travel book listed the Hasty Pudding Club and the Porcellian Club as "the two lions of Harvard."[4] In 2012, it merged to form the The Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770.
- ^ "Hasty Pudding Institute Organizations". hastypudding.org/organizations. The Hasty Pudding - Institute of 1770, Inc. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 comprises the Hasty Pudding Club, The Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the Harvard Krokodiloes.
- ^ Michelman, Valerie; Price, Joseph; Zimmerman, Seth (2021-12-03). "Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 137 (2): 845–909. doi:10.1093/qje/qjab047. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "The Final Clubs: Little Bastions of Society in a University World that No Longer Cares". The Harvard Crimson'. November 22, 1958.
- ^ Rae, W. Fraser (1870). Westward by Rail: The New Route to the East. Longmans, Green, and Co. pp. 354–55 – via archive.org.