The Spee final club has decided to bar all non-members from entering the club, no exceptions, effective last Thursday.

Spee President Paul M. Goldschimid '00 said no visitors are allowed in the club for now, but the "no guest" policy is meant to be temporary.

Goldschmid said the change was made after undergraduate members met with the graduate board over dinner and discussed what they thought would be the best option for the club.

"The students agreed that [no guests] would be the best idea until we come up with a new plan," Goldschmid said.

Goldschmid declined to comment on what exactly precipitated the change.

"The one thing I would say is that it is obvious in the current environment the clubs have to make some changes," he said.

While other clubs have attributed their guest policy changes to liability concerns that accompany rowdy guests, Goldschmid said the Spee is not worried about such issues.

"I have total faith in our club to deal with issues of liability and damage," he said.

Goldschmid said the other clubs' changes over the past few months have not affected the Spee's decision to restrict access to the club.

"I like to think of the Spee's as independent," Goldschmid said.

Former Spee Trustee John W. Sears '52 said the graduates were the driving force behind reevaluating the policy.

"I was very much in favor of cleaning up the arrangements so the University would respect us and young people would not spoil their chance with a bad party policy," Sears said.

"We did not want to throw away 150 years of special experiences with foolish partying," he said.

The graduates were unanimous in their decision to take action, Sears said.

Although the graduates were dominant in the final decision, Sears said the undergraduate members of the Spee are extensively involved in governance.