|
The eating clubs at Princeton University are private institutions resembling both dining halls and social houses, where the majority of Princeton upperclassmen eat their meals. Each eating club occupies a large mansion on Prospect Avenue,〔http://www.princeton.edu/main/campuslife/housingdining/eatingclubs/〕 one of the main roads that runs through the Princeton campus, with the exception of Terrace Club which is just around the corner on Washington Road. This area is known to students colloquially as "The Street". Princeton's eating clubs are the primary setting in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1920 debut novel, ''This Side of Paradise'', and more recently, the clubs appeared prominently in the 2004 novel, ''The Rule of Four''. In her most recent novel, ''The Accursed'', Joyce Carol Oates repeatedly refers to the Eating Clubs and the Bickering Week, as well as the position of Woodrow Wilson, who was the President of Princeton University at the time of the plot. 〔Joyce Carol Oates, ''The Accursed'', copyright The Ontario Review, 2013.〕 Princeton undergraduates currently have their choice of eleven eating clubs. Six clubs—Cannon Club, Cap and Gown Club, Princeton Tower Club, The Ivy Club, Tiger Inn and University Cottage Club—choose their members through a selective process called "bicker", involving an interview process, though the actual deliberations are secret. Four clubs—Cloister Inn, Colonial Club, Quadrangle Club, and Terrace Club—are non-selective "sign-in" clubs, with members chosen through a lottery process. Charter Club previously was "sign-in", but has changed to a system where new members are chosen through a system of points accumulated through participating in club activities. While nearly three-quarters of upperclassmen (third- and fourth-year students) at Princeton take their meals at the eating clubs, the clubs are private institutions and are not officially affiliated with Princeton University. ==Social functions== The primary function of the eating clubs is to serve as dining halls for the majority of third- and fourth-year students. Unlike fraternities and sororities, to which the clubs are sometimes compared, all of the clubs admit both male and female members, and members (with the exception of some of the undergraduate officers) do not live in the mansion. The eating clubs also provide many services for their members. Each club, in general, has a living room, library, computer cluster, billiard room, and tap room. Members frequently use club facilities for studying and socializing. Each club also has a large lawn, either in front of or behind the mansion, and on days with nice weather, one will often see Princeton students playing various sports, such as lawn bowling on club lawns. On most Thursday and Saturday nights, the Street is the primary social venue for Princeton students, and each club will have music and/or various themed parties which are generally open to all University students, not just members. Friday nights are much more low-key at Princeton, and clubs that are open are usually open only to members. Each club also has semiformal events and formal dinners and dances. Events are held annually at every club. These events include: Lawnparties, when clubs hire bands to play outdoors on their lawns on the Sunday before the first full week of fall classes; Winter Formals, which take place on the last Saturday before winter break; Initiations, where new sophomore recruits are introduced to club life (usually in early February); and Houseparties, a three-day festival at the end of spring term during which each club has a Friday night formal, a Saturday night semiformal, a champagne brunch on Sunday morning, and another round of Lawnparties on Sunday afternoon. Notable artists who have played at Lawnparties in recent years include Wiz Khalifa, Beirut, Ben Kweller, The Roots, B.o.B, Citizen Cope, Eve 6, Fountains of Wayne, Günther, Howie Day, Jurassic 5, Lifehouse, Lupe Fiasco, Maroon 5, Matt Nathanson, MGMT, New Found Glory, Rihanna, Rooney, Sister Hazel, They Might Be Giants, Childish Gambino, and The Walkmen. Many bands, including Girl Talk and Vanilla Ice, have played at eating clubs for other occasions. On June 13, 1981, R.E.M. played its first concert north of the Mason–Dixon line at an eating club in Princeton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eating clubs at Princeton University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|