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====The Controversialists==== The Controversialists are the oldest secret society at the college and one of the oldest at the university, being founded by a group of students in Lent Term, 1893. The society's name is believed to pay homage to both their leftist political leanings and their discussion and debate of poetry and literature. The purpose of the Society, according to rules printed in 1909, was "the reading and discussion of English poetry and drama". The Society membership was made up of both undergraduate and graduate students at Selwyn College. Female students were able to join the society since women were admitted to the college. The total number of Controversialist members is not allowed to exceed twelve. Meetings are traditionally to be held on Sundays in the Michaelmas and Lent terms, as well as in May if a quorum of five members can be arranged. The badge and symbol of the Controversialists is a purple lyre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAE-AQAAMAAJ&q=Selwyn+Controversialists+Cambridge&pg=PA206|title=The Cambridge Review|date=26 August 1896|access-date=26 August 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> The Controversialists commonly organise [[smoking concert]]s where poetry and verse is recited by members before the political discussions.
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