| Show Logan Ufah Thursday Decerrser The Herald Journal 20 1984-- 21 Harvard STORE HOURS men keep inniM OwvIM tM SsmfNI WtolN tv all-ma- le C IM H OS 9S retreats By Linda Corman CAMBRIDGE Mass In the center of the — well-tend- ed doorway jnst off Harvard Square is a heavy brass knocker but there is no other means of identifying the ale Dotes Dec Spec Club Homelife ISO It is clearly a private sanctum — like the rest of Harvard’s nine exclusive and secretive undergraduate clubs which after a year-lon- g controversy decided recently to sever ties with the university rather than admit women A alumnus friends” “The guys like to sit around" he said asking anonymity “They can air all their prejudices and feel free to do it" Rick Mixter one of the rare members who would speak publicly recalled the day when he was applying to Harvard and he and his father tapped on that imposing door at Spec “It had been 12 years since my father had been back" said Mixter now an acquisitions editor for a California publishing house “But when the steward opened the door he said to my father 'Why Mr Mixter how nice to see you’ It was as if it had been 12 hours and not 12 years “What you can infer from that episode is a lot of what the Spee Gub is all about” said Mixter who graduated from Harvard in 1973 “The steward runs the place He’s a ” butler-parent- For Mixter the club was a refuge an “island within the university" where he dropped by for coffee and to read newspapers before classes in the morning and stopped by for 17-D- PorntrT then CVomtd 236” EXERCISE SNOW BIKE No 90803 THROWER IEG 11 mi2fT 52997 ‘Cycie Blend" wth controlled K6MIV Air No520 No 550 LodiBS MENS all-ma- All Sixes speeds for smoothly landed recipies leg IMS Sale 7 continuous ‘Permo-Gla- A hot drama IMX Trad Tattad (ram Chroma tubular lark Competition gumwalls Single ipradcoaitor-brak- o metallic pointed rime s container opens at both ends The alum recalled with some embarassment one event at the height of the Vietnam protests which he said typified the clubs — “tooling” Init KG 1490 motivated the 30-23- Sale 2197 6500 lb capacity Heavy gauge solid steel construction Steel pavement grippers on both ends Braced for extra strength R67I7 The It" KITCHEN AID No KSSS ttti249” Mixet heavy batters end kneads yoart dough nO bit TgHIIVI stainless Complete with DOw-K- S-- Uni Hot bootofi whip end dough hook motor 300-Wa- tt vice-preside- women policy SUNBEAM STANDARD SIZE MULTI COOKER BUFFET STYLE FRYPAN High dome cover Removable heat control Completely immersible for deanina Non-stic- k interior SaSSUlr excellent selection I Model No 07SBS- - 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