A dining club (UK) or eating club (US) is a social group , usually requiring membership (which may, or may not be available only to certain people), which meets for dinners and discussion on a regular basis. They may also often have guest speakers.
5-652: The Raleigh Club was a dining club founded in 1826. It met at the 'Thatched House', a tavern in the St James area of London as an alternative to the Travellers Club . It was founded by Sir Arthur de Capell Brooke as a place where real exploring travellers could meet, exchange tales, and try the cuisine of far-off lands. It served as an early developing forum for the Royal Geographical Society and became subsumed by that body later in
10-482: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dining club A dining club differs from a gentlemen's club in that it does not have permanent premises, often changing the location of its meetings and dinners. Clubs may limit their membership to those who meet highly specific membership requirements. For example, the Coningsby Club requires members to have been a part of either OUCA or CUCA ,
15-862: The Conservative Associations at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge respectively. Others may require applicants to pass an interview , or simply pay a membership fee. Early dining clubs include the Pitt Club , the Bullingdon Club , and the 16' Club . In the United States , similar social clubs are called eating clubs . Eating clubs date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are intended to allow college students to enjoy meals and pleasant discourse. Some clubs are referred to as bicker clubs because of
20-671: The century (when it was still known as the Geographical Club). Prominent early members included Sir John Barrow and Alexander Burnes . In 1854, the Raleigh Club was dissolved as its members had become part of the Royal Geographic Society. This London -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in the United Kingdom
25-536: The process of bickering over which applicants to accept as members. Replaced largely by the modern fraternity and sorority system , eating clubs are now limited to a few colleges and universities, most prominently at Princeton University , though other universities including Stanford University , Davidson College , the University of Mount Olive , and Reed College have the presence of eating clubs. Dining clubs often have reciprocity with other dining clubs across
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