VICE FASHION - ELITE BOYS' CLUB GANG RITES
PHOTOS BY TAZ DARLING
STYLING BY ALDENE JOHNSON
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NAME: Jez Hansell
AGE: 23
FULL NAME OF SOCIETY: The Hawks Club
ROLE WITHIN YOUR SOCIETY: Committee member
Vice: Tell us about The Hawks.
Jez: We were founded in 1872 by members of Cambridge University and created for those members of the university not allowed into the Eagles of St John’s College. The Hawks has now become a club for the elite of university sportsmen.
Is there any rivalry between your society and another?
The equivalent at Oxford are The Vincents. Although not such a strong rivalry there are annual sporting events between the two clubs that are of course fiercely contested. At any Hawks occasion like annual dinner or garden parties etc there will be a toast to GDBO— God Damn Bloody Oxford.
What is the initiation into your society?
The standard initiation to the committee is to down a yard glass. This is traditionally done on one’s knees in the main bar to ensure maximum pressure. It is timed and all times are recorded downstairs in the bar for all to see. The record is just under 11 seconds.
Does your society have any famous alumni?
Prince Charles, Gavin Hastings, and Rob Andrew.
Does your society open any doors in certain fields/companies?
The Hawks’ Club provides the classic “old boys” network. Many Hawks end up working in London and with an annual dinner there contacts are very quickly established just by being introduced as a Hawk or simply being seen wearing a Hawks tie.
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Chris wears blazer by Nerve, shirt by Duck and Cover, Wyverns tie by JCH, Wyverns scarf by JCH, trousers by vintage and watch by Black Dice
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NAME: Chris Morris
AGE: 21
FULL NAME OF SOCIETY: The Wyverns (aka The Gentleman Wyverns of Magdalene College)
ROLE WITHIN YOUR SOCIETY: Recently Superannuated (alumni)
Vice: What’s the deal with the Wyverns?
Chris: We’re an elite sporting and social society. Most of the time is spent responding to demand from female societies for our presence at social gatherings. The society is renowned for hosting the biggest Garden Party in Cambridge, held annually on “Suicide Sunday”. This used to take place within the beautiful backdrop of the Fellows’ Garden but is now held in exile, after that got damaged beyond repair. We’re also renowned for pissing in the drinks and paddling pool jelly wrestling.
Are there any special society rules?
We can never wash our ties. We have to dip them in the first pint after initiation. If the song “Tiger Feet” is played in the college bar, all Wyverns must have finished their drink and removed all clothing before the culmination of the song.
What’s the initiation into your society?
Potential members are invited to a sumptuous sit-down meal, hosted by current Wyverns and held in a small room lined with plastic sheeting containing several wheelie bins. Approximately 24 custom-made courses over the period of an afternoon and evening. Any food combination allowable and the more inventive the better (e.g. raw, whole fish or vinegar and chilli milkshakes.) All bodily excretions are retained and are taken everywhere by the initiee. It usually begins with something like a raw leek and is to be completed by downing a live goldfish. Some have been hospitalised due to unfortunate failure to appreciate allergenic conditions and when that happens, you’re judged not to have completed the initiation.
Does this kind of stuff get you in trouble?
Yes. In Cambridge we’ve been banned from The Maypole Pub, Old Orleans Restaurant, The Curry Mahal, The Baron of Beef, Curry King, Queen’s College, St John’s College and Sidney Sussex College.
Does your society have any famous alumni?
Samuel Pepys.
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