United States historic place
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.
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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
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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.
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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
.
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The current Chairman of the Board is alumnus
Dinesh Maneyapanda
.
[7]
Musical tradition
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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.
Notable alumni
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- Stephen Ailes
'33 -
United States Secretary of the Army
1964-1965
- R. W. Apple, Jr.
'57 -
New York Times
editor
[42]
- Robert L. Belknap
'51 - Russian literature scholar and dean of
Columbia College
[43]
- Jeff Bezos
'86 - founder of
Amazon.com
[44]
- Eduardo Bhatia
'86 - 15th
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
- John Peale Bishop
'17 - writer, poet
[45]
- Kit Bond
'60 - former
U.S. senator
and
governor of Missouri
[46]
- Ralph DeNunzio
'56 - investment banker and chairman of the
New York Stock Exchange
[47]
- Fred E. Fox '39 - collector of
Princeton
traditions known as "Keeper of the Princetoniana"
- Robert F. Goheen
'40 -
president of Princeton University
and
U.S. Ambassador
to
India
[48]
[49]
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
'87 - US District Judge for the
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- J. Robert Hillier '59 - Founder of Hillier Architecture (sold to
RMJM
in 2007)
- David Huebner
'82 -
United States Ambassador to New Zealand
and Samoa
- Wentworth Miller
'95 - Actor, model and screenwriter
- Jerome Powell
'75 - Chair of the
Federal Reserve
- Neil L. Rudenstine
'56 - Former president of
Harvard University
.
- George P. Shultz
'42 - Former
United States Secretary of Labor
,
Secretary of the Treasury
,
Secretary of State
, and president of
Bechtel
.
[50]
- Adlai Stevenson
'22 -
governor of Illinois
,
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
, and
Democratic Party
nominee for
President
in
1952
and
1956
[51]
- Robert Venturi
'47 - Architect (at Princeton: Wu Hall, Lewis Thomas Laboratory,
Frist Campus Center
)
- Sir
Gordon Wu
'58 - Chairman of
Hopewell Holdings
Notes
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A comedy event was held instead of a concert.
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The money for the concert was instead donated to the Pace Center.
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Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
References
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"Princeton Historic District"
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National Register of Historic Places
. National Park Service.
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The Lowdown on the Eating Clubs of Princeton - The Prospect
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Tumball, Andrew.
Scott Fitzgerald
. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57
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Princeton by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Quad Receives Significant Increase in Membership - Daily Princetonian
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"Quadrange Club Newsletter"
. Archived from
the original
on 2016-04-24
. Retrieved
2016-04-14
.
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Princeton Consultants
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"PADA lauds Sanders '04 for fighting alcohol abuse"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"George Clinton: A funk legend to visit Quad"
. Archived from
the original
on 2015-06-15
. Retrieved
2015-06-13
.
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University investigates Verizon for contract violation
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Meet the band - The Daily Princetonian
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No method to madness - The Daily Princetonian
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The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Concert Planners Face Range of Hurdles
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Rihanna to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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Pon de Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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Two punk rock, ska bands to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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"Everclear to perform at Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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Lupe Fiasco to play at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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Gym Class Heroes to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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"USG selects The Roots for Lawnparties"
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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B.o.B to Headline Lawnparties, Confirming Speculation - The Daily Princetonian
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Rapper Wiz Khalifa to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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Far East Movement to Headline Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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Rapper Childish Gambino to Headline Spring Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian
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"After nine year absence, Third Eye Blind to return for fall Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"Lawnparties preview spring 2013"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Archived from
the original
on 15 June 2015
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"Lawnparties Preview: T-Pain, Chiddy Bang and more"
. Archived from
the original
on 15 June 2015
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"GRiZ and Mayer Hawthorne to headline Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"Schoolboy Q to headline fall Lawnparties, Angel Haze to be opening act"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
13 June
2015
.
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"Big Sean to perform at Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
6 December
2015
.
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"Ruess, former lead vocalist of Fun., Holychild to perform at Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
6 December
2015
.
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"CHVRCHES to perform at Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
10 June
2017
.
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"Icona Pop, Sammy Adams to perform at Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
10 June
2017
.
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"Lawnparties Headliner at Quad: Jeremih ft. J.I.D"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
10 June
2017
.
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"Tinashe a hit at fall Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
24 April
2018
.
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"Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
10 May
2018
.
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"Fall Lawnparties succeeds with Cheat Codes"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
9 May
2019
.
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"Students boogie wit A Boogie at spring Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
9 May
2019
.
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"USG announces CupcakKe, 3OH!3, Rich Homie Quan as co-headliners for Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
15 September
2019
.
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"USG hosts $80,000 virtual Lawnparties with headliner Jason Derulo"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
2 November
2020
.
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"A$AP Ferg announced as new headliner two days before Lawnparties"
.
Daily Princetonian
. Retrieved
1 October
2021
.
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'Prince' Elects Apple Chairman, Motland Voted Business Manager - The Daily Princetonian
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"Robert L. Belknap '51"
.
Princeton Alumni Weekly
. 2016-01-21
. Retrieved
2022-05-28
.
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Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos | Fast Company
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Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57
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Frank Deford & Princeton Eating Clubs
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Princeton Class of 1953
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PAW November 8, 2006: Features
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"Education: One of the Ablest"
.
Time
. December 17, 1956. Archived from
the original
on October 22, 2012
. Retrieved
May 22,
2010
.
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Eating Clubs of Princeton
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Princeton - News - Mudd Library Completes Catalog, Preservation of Adlai E. Stevenson Papers
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