What Mark Mateo ’26 describes as a controversial component of the modern Peucinian Society is also the group’s most time-honored tradition: moderated discourse in which no opinions are dismissed outright. Founded in 1805 as the Philomathian Society, the Peucinian Society will celebrate its 220th anniversary this Homecoming Weekend as Bowdoin’s oldest student organization. “Peucinian,” derived from … Continue reading Where dispute remains sacred: Peucinian Society celebrates 220th anniversary over Homecoming