The Princeton Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to "Quad", is one of the ten 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. 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).
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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.[1] [2]
With some funding from the Undergraduate Student Government, the Quadrangle Club has hosted to some of the biggest concerts on Princeton's campus, including Barenaked Ladies in 1993. In recent years it has only strengthened its tradition of hosting famous musical acts, with performances by Lifehouse, and Maroon 5[3] [4] in 2003, and 2004, respectively. 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". It is also of note that, over the past few years at smaller events, the club hosted Welbilt on multiple occasions, befriending the band and was honored with one of their final performances before the band's break up.
| Semester | Performing Group(s) |
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| Spring 2005 | Phantom Planet and The Gin Blossoms[5] |
| Fall 2005 | Jurassic 5[6] [7] |
| Spring 2006 | Ghostface Killah and Rooney |
| Fall 2006 | The Pink Spiders and Rihanna[8] [9] |
| Spring 2007 | Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish[10] |
| Fall 2007 | The Fold and Everclear |
| Spring 2008 | Howie Day and New Found Glory |
| Fall 2008 | Matt Nathanson and Lupe Fiasco[11] |
| Spring 2009 | Gym Class Heroes[12] |
| Spring 2010 | The Roots[13] |
| Fall 2010 | Super Mash Bros and B.o.B.[14] |
| Spring 2011 | Big K.R.I.T. and Wiz Khalifa[15] |
| Fall 2011 | The Cataracs and The White Panda[16] |
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