10 Facts About Colonial Club

Colonial Club is one of the eleven current eating clubs of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

Colonial Club has been affiliated with over 7 Rhodes Scholars and several Valedictorians of Princeton University.

Colonial Club occupies a large mansion on the north side of Prospect Avenue in Princeton, NJ.

Colonial Club temporarily considered combining with Tiger Inn until the full membership of the various clubs returned to college after the war.

Unlike some of the other eating clubs including Ivy Club, which did not allow women until a lawsuit in 1991, Colonial permitted women to join once Princeton University began to admit women as undergraduates in the same year.

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In 2010 Colonial Club managed to recruit only 13 members in the first round of sign-ins; this was a massive drop from the 87 first round sign-ins from the previous year.

Traditions at Colonial Club include its annual medieval feast and thesis phrase, where members attempt to insert a humorous line into their Princeton University senior thesis.

Colonial Club has been committed to maintaining a rigorous scholarly community and providing professional opportunities to its members.

Colonial Club has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with the Princeton-Blairstown Center, a program founded in 1908 by Princeton University students and faculty that attempts to transform the lives of young people through character-building experiences.

Colonial Club celebrated its 125th anniversary under graduate president Joseph Studholme '84, who has led the board since 2009, and undergraduate president Christopher J Yu '17.