The Peucinian Society membership is composed of some of the most intellectually enthusiastic minds within the Bowdoin community. The Society generally consists of approximately 25 active members.

A. Associate Members: All students in regular enrollment at Bowdoin College who have completed at least one semester shall be eligible for Associate Membership of the Society. Associate members have the rights and privileges of the hall excepting holding office and voting for the officers.

B. Fellows: All Associate members who have completed at least two semesters of higher education, delivered one Oration, attended eight disputation sessions and served on one committee are eligible for Fellowship. Fellows may serve on Declamation Committees, vote for Officers and are eligible to hold office.

C. Guardians: All upperclassmen Fellows, who have attended three-fourths of disputation sessions since obtaining Associate membership and who have served on Society Committees in each semester since obtaining Associate membership, are eligible for Guardianship. The Guardianship is Peucinian’s highest honor. Guardians must be students of character, integrity, and must display exceptional commitment to the ideals set forth in the Preamble to the Constitution.

D. Alumni Members: When a Member of the Society ends his regular enrollment at Bowdoin College, he or she becomes an Alumni Member of the Society in perpetuity.

E. Honorary Membership: Honorary Membership is reserved for those who are not students at Bowdoin College and who have rendered signal service to the Society. Honorary Members are elected by the signed approval of four-fifths of the Fellows in good standing.

Visit the Prospective Members page to learn about how to join the Society.