View text source at Wikipedia

Quadrangle Club

This article is about the club at Princeton. For the club at the University of Chicago, see Quadrangle Club (University of Chicago).
Quadrangle Club
Quadrangle Club is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Quadrangle Club
Quadrangle Club is located in New Jersey
Quadrangle Club
Quadrangle Club is located in the United States
Quadrangle Club
Location33 Prospect Ave, Princeton, New Jersey
Coordinates40°20′52.8″N 74°39′09.8″W / 40.348000°N 74.652722°W / 40.348000; -74.652722
Built1916
ArchitectHenry Milliken
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
Part ofPrinceton Historic District (ID75001143[1])
Added to NRHP27 June 1975

The Princeton Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to "Quad", is one of the eleven eating clubs at Princeton University that remain open. Located at 33 Prospect Avenue, the club is currently "sign-in," meaning it permits any second semester sophomore, junior or senior to join.[2] The club's tradition of openness is demonstrated as far back as 1970, when Quadrangle became one of the first coeducational eating clubs (Princeton University itself began admitting women in 1969, and the last eating clubs to include women did so in 1991).

History

[edit]
The Georgian Revival structure was designed by Henry Milliken (Princeton Class of '05) in 1915

The club was formed in 1896 in a house built on the south side of Prospect Avenue. In its early years, it changed its location several times. In 1901, it moved to the north side of "the Street," and in 1903 it moved back to the south side, where the Princeton Tower Club now stands. In 1910 it moved to a house built in 1887 for James McCosh, the eleventh president of Princeton University. In 1915, Quadrangle Club sold the McCosh house and built its own house, designed by Henry Milliken, Princeton Class of 1905 in a classic brick Georgian Revival structure. The club has existed in this building since 1916.

F. Scott Fitzgerald described Quadrangle Club in This Side of Paradise as "Literary Quadrangle." Fitzgerald later commented that he might have felt more comfortable in "Literary Quadrangle" with contemporaries such as John Peale Bishop, an American poet.[3][4]

In 2016, Quad signed-in 115 new members, a 342% increase from the year before and more than any other sign-in eating club except for Terrace Club.[5][6] The current Chairman of the Board is alumnus Dinesh Maneyapanda.[7]

Musical tradition

[edit]

With some funding from the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government, the Quadrangle Club has hosted to some of the biggest concerts on Princeton's campus, including Barenaked Ladies in 1993, Lifehouse in 2003, Maroon 5 in 2004, Rihanna in 2006, and T-Pain in 2013. These concerts have been documented as having drawn more than half of the university's entire undergraduate population. Below is a listing of the groups that have performed at the club in recent years at the semiannual University-wide festival called "Lawnparties".

The club’s perspicacious interest in music also extends to identifying early musical talent and booking intimate club music evenings with future superstars. For example, in the late 1980s Blues Traveler played a party at Quadrangle before the release of their first album.

Year Performing Groups (Spring) Performing Groups (Fall)
2003 Lifehouse[8] George Clinton and P-Funk All-Stars[9]
2004 Maroon 5[10] N/A[a]
2005 Phantom Planet and The Gin Blossoms[11] Jurassic 5[12][13]
2006 Ghostface Killah and Rooney Rihanna and The Pink Spiders[14][15]
2007 Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish[16] Everclear and The Fold[17]
2008 Howie Day and New Found Glory Matt Nathanson and Lupe Fiasco[18]
2009 Gym Class Heroes[19] N/A[b]
2010 The Roots[20] Super Mash Bros and B.o.B[21]
2011 Big K.R.I.T. and Wiz Khalifa[22] Far East Movement and The White Panda[23]
2012 Timeflies and Childish Gambino[24] Third Eye Blind[25]
2013 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes[26] Chiddy Bang and T-Pain[27]
2014 Mayer Hawthorne and GRiZ[28] Schoolboy Q and Angel Haze[29]
2015 Big Sean[30] Holychild and Nate Ruess[31]
2016 Chvrches[32] Icona Pop and Sammy Adams[33]
2017 Jeremih and J.I.D[34] Tinashe and Awkwafina[35]
2018 Vince Staples[36] Cheat Codes and DJ CTE[37]
2019 A Boogie wit da Hoodie, IV Jay, and Malpractice[38] CupcakKe, 3OH!3, Rich Homie Quan[39]
2020 N/A[c] Jason Derulo (virtual)[40]
2021 N/A[d] A$AP Ferg[41]

Notable alumni

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ A comedy event was held instead of a concert.
  2. ^ The money for the concert was instead donated to the Pace Center.
  3. ^ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  4. ^ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ^ The Lowdown on the Eating Clubs of Princeton - The Prospect
  3. ^ Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57
  4. ^ Princeton by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  5. ^ Quad Receives Significant Increase in Membership - Daily Princetonian
  6. ^ "Quadrange Club Newsletter". Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  7. ^ Princeton Consultants
  8. ^ "PADA lauds Sanders '04 for fighting alcohol abuse". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  9. ^ "George Clinton: A funk legend to visit Quad". Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  10. ^ University investigates Verizon for contract violation
  11. ^ Meet the band - The Daily Princetonian
  12. ^ No method to madness - The Daily Princetonian
  13. ^ The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Concert Planners Face Range of Hurdles
  14. ^ Rihanna to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  15. ^ Pon de Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  16. ^ Two punk rock, ska bands to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  17. ^ "Everclear to perform at Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  18. ^ Lupe Fiasco to play at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  19. ^ Gym Class Heroes to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  20. ^ "USG selects The Roots for Lawnparties". Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  21. ^ B.o.B to Headline Lawnparties, Confirming Speculation - The Daily Princetonian
  22. ^ Rapper Wiz Khalifa to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  23. ^ Far East Movement to Headline Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  24. ^ Rapper Childish Gambino to Headline Spring Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
  25. ^ "After nine year absence, Third Eye Blind to return for fall Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  26. ^ "Lawnparties preview spring 2013". Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  27. ^ "Lawnparties Preview: T-Pain, Chiddy Bang and more". Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  28. ^ "GRiZ and Mayer Hawthorne to headline Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  29. ^ "Schoolboy Q to headline fall Lawnparties, Angel Haze to be opening act". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  30. ^ "Big Sean to perform at Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  31. ^ "Ruess, former lead vocalist of Fun., Holychild to perform at Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  32. ^ "CHVRCHES to perform at Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  33. ^ "Icona Pop, Sammy Adams to perform at Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  34. ^ "Lawnparties Headliner at Quad: Jeremih ft. J.I.D". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  35. ^ "Tinashe a hit at fall Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  36. ^ "Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  37. ^ "Fall Lawnparties succeeds with Cheat Codes". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  38. ^ "Students boogie wit A Boogie at spring Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  39. ^ "USG announces CupcakKe, 3OH!3, Rich Homie Quan as co-headliners for Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  40. ^ "USG hosts $80,000 virtual Lawnparties with headliner Jason Derulo". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  41. ^ "A$AP Ferg announced as new headliner two days before Lawnparties". Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  42. ^ 'Prince' Elects Apple Chairman, Motland Voted Business Manager - The Daily Princetonian
  43. ^ "Robert L. Belknap '51". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  44. ^ Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos | Fast Company
  45. ^ Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57
  46. ^ Frank Deford & Princeton Eating Clubs
  47. ^ Princeton Class of 1953
  48. ^ PAW November 8, 2006: Features
  49. ^ "Education: One of the Ablest". Time. December 17, 1956. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  50. ^ Eating Clubs of Princeton
  51. ^ Princeton - News - Mudd Library Completes Catalog, Preservation of Adlai E. Stevenson Papers
[edit]