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Peucinian Society : Records,
Files, and Minutes, 1805-1877, 2008- , n.d.
3 linear feet.
Catalog Number: 4.36
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Agency History /
Biographical Note:
On November 22, 1805, eight students met and formed the Philomathian
Society. A few months later the name was changed to the Peucinian
Society and took its motto: Pinos loquentes semper habemus (We always
have the whispering pines). The society formed a large library with books
purchased from dues paid by inducted members. The Peucinian Society had an
intense rivalry with the Athenaean Society. The rise
of the Greek letter fraternities at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning
of the twentieth century spelled the end for the literary societies. After a
period of relative dormancy, the surviving libraries of the Peucinian and
Athenaean societies were merged in 1880. Following this, the Peucinican Society
was considered officially defunct. The Peucinian Society had an annex scientific
society, the Caluvian Society. In 2007, members of the class of 2010 re-established
the Peucinian Society to debate and discuss political and philosophical issues.
Scope and Content:
Records of the Peucinian Society of Bowdoin College. Files contain minutes
of meetings, financial records, correspondence, lectures, addresses, articles, and the
society's constitution.
General Note:
The Peucinian Records, 1807-1819 (volume 15 folio) is very fragile, therefore a
microfilm copy is available for patron use.
Cite as: Peucinian Society: Records, Files, and Minutes, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. Bowdoin College Library.
Access Restrictions: None.
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