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Iconoclastic North Campus fraternity is now coed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Andrea Scott \u201922 transferred to Cornell from Penn State as a sophomore, she didn\u2019t relish the prospect of another year of dormitory living. After weighing her options, she did something that would have been unthinkable in an earlier era: she moved into her older brother\u2019s fraternity house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it wasn\u2019t just any Greek house\u2014it was the Seal and Serpent Society, which has been forging its own path since it was founded on the Hill in 1905 as a rare fraternity without an affiliation to a national organization. It remains independent more than a century later, having endured countless cultural shifts as well as world wars that disrupted collegiate life for two generations of young men. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in fall 2020, Seal and Serpent embraced an existential change: its alumni and active brothers voted overwhelmingly to go gender neutral<\/a>, allowing women to become full members for the first time. \u201cI don\u2019t see any downsides,\u201d says Mat Tabacco \u201909, MEng \u201910, Seal and Serpent\u2019s alumni president. \u201cThis will help us maintain our membership\u2014and I feel like we\u2019re on the right side of history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group had been initiating women as \u201chonorary sisters\u201d for decades; it had also long allowed them to fill empty rooms in its chapter house as rent-paying boarders\u2014as Scott did when she matriculated on the Hill in fall 2019. After the membership voted overwhelmingly in favor of gender neutrality, she became one of the society\u2019s first female pledges. And just weeks later, in January 2021, she followed in the footsteps of her brother (Michael Scott \u201920) by becoming its president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt really is a family,\u201d says Andrea Scott. \u201cNo matter what kind of day you had, when you walk through the door someone is always going to be there to greet you and ask how you\u2019re doing. It\u2019s not about having a house where you just party; it\u2019s about creating an environment where people feel like they\u2019re wanted, they\u2019re welcomed, and they matter. It\u2019s a support system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An independent spirit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seal and Serpent traces its roots<\/a> to two groups of friends, nicknamed the Crooks Club and the Senators, who met through drill practice in Army ROTC. They eventually formed a fraternal society, buying and renovating a home on West Avenue before deciding to build their own chapter house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They purchased land on Thurston Avenue in 1913, but\u2014due in part to the outbreak of World War I, in which numerous brothers served and three perished\u2014the group\u2019s spacious, half-timbered lodge wasn\u2019t completed until 1927. \u201cIt ties the alumni to Cornell,\u201d Tabacco says of the 23-bedroom, Tudor-style residence. \u201cIt makes coming back to campus feel more like you\u2019re coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The fraternity’s founding members. (Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, Seal and Serpent wasn\u2019t a typical fraternity; for one thing, it eschewed Greek letters in favor of Sanskrit ones. But early on, members say, it prided itself on its diversity and independence. \u201cWe\u2019ve always been a little more progressive,\u201d observes communication director Jeff Jockisch \u201986. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe focus on individuality instead of on cohesion and making people be part of some kind of groupthink.\u201d While it was long common for fraternities to limit their membership\u2014either explicitly or implicitly\u2014by race or religion, says Robert Schwarting \u201969, BS \u201971, MEng \u201976, \u201cwe had none of those problems; we were devoid of non-diversity language.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schwarting, who served in the Army after graduation and went on to a career in municipal planning and economic development, recalls having his perspective broadened by his fellow members\u2014including one who was an out gay man at a time when that was uncommon, and another, an African American, who helped him understand the inequalities driving the era\u2019s racial justice movement. Says Schwarting: \u201cI credit my success in later life with being able to share a house and a living experience with people from various backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members have different backgrounds and majors; you\u2019re surrounded by others who are unique.<\/p>Mat Tabacco \u201909, MEng \u201910<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The society\u2019s prominent alumni include Mark Kirk \u201981, a former U.S. Senator from Illinois; Gligor Tashkovich \u201987, MBA \u201991, the Republic of North Macedonia\u2019s first-ever minister for foreign investment; and Martin Tang \u201970, a University trustee emeritus and benefactor of the eponymous welcome center overlooking Beebe Lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2010, TV viewers got a glimpse into Seal and Serpent when comedian Bob Saget \u201cpledged\u201d the frat\u2014attending a toga party and a formal, among other rush festivities\u2014for an episode of \u201cStrange Days with Bob Saget,\u201d an A&E reality show that delved into intriguing subcultures (which also included bikers, Bigfoot hunters, and pro wrestlers). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no one defining characteristic of a Seal and Serpent man or woman, other than outstanding character,\u201d says Tabacco. \u201cThe members have different backgrounds and majors; you\u2019re surrounded by others who are unique.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcoming \u2018honorary sisters\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Female \u201cfriends of the house\u201d were offered a form of auxiliary membership starting in the Eighties. Nancy Law \u201984 was among the first \u201clittle sisters\u201d\u2014a term that was eventually seen as retrograde and changed to \u201chonorary\u201d sisters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou could hang out and have really interesting conversations on so many different topics,\u201d recalls Law, a longtime administrator in alumni affairs and other University offices who also belonged to a sorority as an undergrad. \u201cIt was an unusual, nontraditional type of place. I really liked that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seal and Serpent president Andrea Scott (left) and vice president Jordan Ferrell. (Photo by Sara DeGraw)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
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In 2016, Seal and Serpent voted to leave Cornell\u2019s Intrafraternity Council (IFC), due in part to changes in University regulations that limited rush to a week each spring\u2014a constraint that, Jockisch says, didn\u2019t allow enough time for potential pledges to get to know the unorthodox frat and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we decided to get out of the IFC and go our own way, we started talking about going gender neutral,\u201d he explains. \u201cOver a five-year period, people got more comfortable with it.\u201d By the time it came to a vote during a virtual Homecoming event last November, he says, there were few dissenters among either the alumni or active membership. \u201cWomen were already part of our culture,\u201d Jockisch says. \u201cThey were members without the membership badge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Among the current students who were strongly in favor of going gender neutral was Jordan Ferrell \u201922. A performing and media arts major from Westchester County, Ferrell joined the fraternity the spring of his freshman year, seeking a social niche on the Hill; he\u2019s now its vice president, the first African American to hold the post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur \u2018label\u2019 has always been in flux\u2014at different times we\u2019ve been the Glee Club house or the rowing house or the ROTC house\u2014but we\u2019re really just looking for whoever would be a good fit for our society,\u201d Ferrell observes. \u201cThe atmosphere is very welcoming and accepting; we always say, \u2018It\u2019s not a fraternity house, it\u2019s a fraternity home<\/em>.\u2019 We stay true to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the vote, the former honorary sisters have been offered alumni membership, and Law has joined the board. Going into Seal and Serpent\u2019s mid-semester rush last spring, five out of the 23 active members were female\u2014and the eight-person pledge class was evenly split between men and women. Scott, a math major who\u2019d previously taken on the role of house steward (facility manager), will serve as president through the end of 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cool to think that we\u2019ve been around for over 100 years,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd we\u2019re growing in size, which is really exciting. There have been times where the society has been small and we\u2019ve worried about not surviving, but we\u2019ve always pushed through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top image: The Seal and Serpent house on North Campus. (Photo by Sara DeGraw)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published October 5, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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