The sources said yesterday the graduate board discovered that live bulls and sheep, traditional club symbols, were actually being used as part of the welcoming night dinner.

In light of this information, rumors began floating through the membership that the graduates were going to install video cameras to observe activity inside the club.

Members said they do not think the equipment was ever installed.

"It was just a rumor to get us scared off," one said.

But members continued to break the no guest policy, the sources said.

With only a few weeks left in the school year, members said they were doubtful the club would reopen before graduation.

Other members said that since January, the graduate board has been attempting to mimic the Porcellian club, the one final club that has never allowed women in its clubhouse.

The current members, who joined the club under the perception that they would be allowed to invite women and other guests into the building, have been resistant to this move, members said. Thus the relationship between the undergraduates and the graduate board has been very tense.