At princeton university, what is an eating club?
Hope this is helpful: Eating clubs Eating clubs came into being in the nineteenth century as a consequence of the College’s inability to provide adequate dining facilities for its growing student population. With the banning of Greek-letter fraternities in 1855, the field was left open for the eating clubs to become the dominant social influence among undergraduates. Although still a distinctive feature of Princeton’s non-academic life, they are no longer the center of it, now that the University offers its larger and more diverse student body a wider variety of dining and social alternatives than ever before. (Residential, Dining, and Social Facilities) Originally, all undergraduates were required to take their meals in the commons operated by the college steward; his offerings brought frequent complaints and occasional disorder. Beginning in 1843, students were sometimes permitted to board with families in town, where the rate was higher than that charged at commons. In certain cases
Some additional information (Princeton’s Ivy Club and Similar Eating Clubs): Eating clubs are a type of social/dining club- in some ways, similar to fraternities on most university campuses. Eating clubs have a long tradition at Princeton University, but are not exclusive to Princeton. For example, Purdue University has been known for eating clubs as well, with that university’s most prestigious being the “Morley Club”. Purdue shares some aspects of its campus culture with Princeton University- both universities have similar school colors and share similar architectural designs between Princeton’s Blair Hall and Purdue’s Cary Hall. This was a statement by Purdue’s founders to create an engineering-based university which is perceived to be a scholastic standard for that type of education- similar to Princeton being a standard for liberal arts education. In the early 90’s, Princeton’s Ivy Club became more expansive, specifically going co-educational in 1991. For 1992-1993 there was also
It’s a social club/dining hall with an annual cost of around $2000 (not covered by your university dining plan). You have to “bicker” (an application process started in your sophomore year) to get accepted into an eating club. See http://en.wikipedia.
