Campus Club was one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University . Located on the corner of Washington Road and Prospect Avenue, Campus was founded in 1900. It was one of the eating clubs that abandoned the selective bicker process to choose members non-selectively, a status it held for over twenty years.
9-460: In an attempt to restore the waning popularity of the club, the club's board pressured the undergraduate officers to reinstate bicker in 2004, causing Campus to become one of six selective clubs (out of eleven total clubs). However, due to the unpopularity of bicker among its members, the club returned to being a sign-in club in the spring of 2005. Facing another year of exceptionally low membership and resulting financial trouble, Campus Club closed later
18-624: A major renovation was required. Renovations were completed in 1953, and the club remained in this state until it was acquired by the university in 2005. Andrew Fleming West Andrew Fleming West (May 17, 1853 – December 27, 1943) was an American classicist , and first dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University . West was born in Allegheny , Pennsylvania on May 17, 1853. He studied at Princeton University from 1870 to 1874. In his final year at Princeton he founded
27-617: A reality with the death of Isaac C. Wyman in 1910, who bequeathed $ 800,000 for the purposes of founding a graduate college. The graduate college was dedicated on October 22, 1913. He remained dean until 1928. West was president of the American Philological Association in 1902. He received the honorary degree Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from the University of Oxford in October 1902, in connection with
36-705: The Princeton Glee Club . After graduating, he taught Latin at a high school in Cincinnati for six years. He then went to Europe to carry out academic study, before taking up a position as principal of the Morris Academy in Morristown , New Jersey. In 1883 West accepted a position as professor of Latin at Princeton University, where he served as Giger Professor of Latin for forty-five years until his retirement in 1928. In December 1900 West
45-495: The 1900–1901 school year, a number of undergraduates from the now-defunct Yama and Ovando Clubs took a lease on a small house on Olden Street in Princeton. Called "The Incubator," the undergraduates used this house as a temporary location while they searched for a more permanent clubhouse. In January 1901, the newly elected members of Campus Club began negotiations to purchase the residence of Professor Andrew Fleming West , which
54-403: The original West house was moved to the corner of Nassau Street and Princeton Avenue. The new clubhouse, designed by Raleigh C. Gildersleeve, who had previously designed McCosh Hall and completed alterations to Cap and Gown Club, was completed weeks prior to the 1910 commencement. On November 24, 1951, a fire broke out inside of Campus Club. The fire caused extensive damage to the third floor, and
63-415: The same year. In November 2005, the former members and alumni of Campus Club voted to donate the building to the university, under the condition that the 11,000 sq ft (1,000 m) mansion remain a social venue for Princeton students. After undergoing renovations for over two years, Campus Club reopened on September 18, 2009, as a clubhouse open to all members of the Princeton community. During
72-509: Was appointed as the first dean of the newly founded Graduate School at Princeton University. As dean, he was instrumental in creating the Princeton University Graduate College , a residential college for graduate students. After a number of setbacks, and a disagreement with Woodrow Wilson (President of Princeton University, 1902–1910) about the siting of the proposed graduate college, it finally became
81-458: Was located at the corner of Washington Road and Prospect Avenue (where Campus Club stands today). The club members financed the purchase of the West house through sale of approximately $ 45,000 of "Princeton Campus Club Bonds." Once the residence was acquired, the new members began using the West residence as their clubhouse. In 1909, the members of Campus Club elected to construct a new clubhouse, and
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