Female Club Readies for First Night Out

The College’s newest all-female social club got off to a quiet start late last night, as about 40 students received cards at their doors inviting them to the inaugural event of the Sabliére Society.

The party will be held Nov. 1 in a three-story apartment at the Charles Hotel.

The invitation reads, “The President and members of the Sabliére Society cordially invite you to an evening of wine, cheese and discussion...”

Out of the 40 students invited to the Nov. 1 event, only 10 to 15 will be asked to join the group in the spring, said Society President Brooke L. Chavez ’04.

The purpose of the party, Chavez said, is to give the prospective members more information about the club and the selection process.

The Sabliére Society will join the more established Isis, Bee and Seneca as one of three new all-female social groups this fall.

According to the club’s founding members, the Sabliére Society aims to differentiate itself from these existing social clubs by leaving Square bars and campus final clubs behind to explore Boston’s nightlife.

Following the Nov. 1 event, some of the prospective members will travel to 33, a Boston lounge that features belly-dancing on its Middle Eastern theme night, said Sabliére member Angie J. Thebaud ’04.

But the group isn’t just about barhopping in Boston, Chavez said. She said they also plan to take advantage of Boston’s “cultural, intellectual and artistic aspects.”

“We don’t want to be seen as a homogeneous group of girls only interested in partying,” she said.

In that vein, the club’s name comes from a 17th-century patron of La Fontaine, Marquerite de la Sabliére, whose house was a meeting-place for poets and scientists in the court of Louis XIV.

Most of the students selected as potential members are friends of the club’s founders, said Thebaud.

“We definitely didn’t select any random people,” she said.