While the Porcellian has historically kept a low profile, Storey wrote that present circumstances drove the club to make public statements.

The Harvard Crimson reports.

In Most Extensive Comments in Centuries, Porcellian Club Criticizes Final Club Scrutiny

The Porcellian Club, Harvard’s oldest final club, broke its public silence Tuesday for the first time in recent memory to criticize College administrators for their recent efforts to make final clubs go co-ed and modify membership policies.

In a statement emailed to The Crimson, the graduate board president of the 225-year-old all male club, Charles M. Storey ’82 broadly criticized the College’s management of sexual assault prevention and its actions towards final clubs. While the Porcellian has historically kept a low profile, Storey wrote that present circumstances drove the club to make public statements.