{{tag>organizations}} ====== Game Clubs ====== =====(Trinity) Chess Club===== The Chess Club was a club for students interested in playing chess to gather and compete against each other, faculty, and occasionally other colleges. The club was first formed in 1870, but reformed and reorganized in 1899 to encourage more participation, organize more tournaments, spend less time arguing about rules and more time playing during meetings, and to ensure that players of similar skills were matched against each other to make the games more entertaining. The club was reformed in 1933. Their charter membership upon forming was six members with President [[ogilby_remsen_brinckerhoff|Remsen Ogilby]] as the Honorary President. In 1934, the club prepared to play matches against Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, and M.I.T. The Chess Club has since disappeared. =====(Trinity) Cribbage Club===== Cribbage is a card game typically played between two players. The first mention of Trinity's Cribbage Club was in 1872. The Cribbage Club had advertisements in //[[tablet|The Trinity Tablet]]// and was listed under "clubs" in several editions of the //Ivy// in the early 1870s. Their feature in the 1876 addition of the Ivy included the tagline: "Not the golden, but the crib(b)age club." ======Euchre Clubs====== Euchre is a card game typically played between two teams of two using a standard deck of cards. Its peak popularity in the United States was in the 19th century. =====U(Cur) Club===== The U(Cur) Club at least existed in 1876 with four members. =====Ukur Klub===== The Ukur Klub was another group for students interested in playing the card game euchre. The club was mentioned in the 1874 edition of the //Ivy// just under the other Trinity club dedicated to the game (aptly named Euchre Club). Their motto in the yearbook was "Never turn it down," and their members had titles using terminology related to the game (one member being a king, another listed as a counter). Following the list of members was the phrase "No jokers allowed." ======Whist Clubs====== Whist is a card game typically played between two teams of two using a standard deck of cards. It was most popular during the 18th and 19th centuries. =====Alpha Delta Phi Whist Club===== The Alpha Delta Phi Whist Club existed at least in 1879 in which they played 1,046 total points. =====Brownell Hall Whist Club===== The Brownell Hall Whist Club was established in the early 1870s. They were featured in the 1874 edition of the Ivy, callings themselves "Champions of the College". Along with the members' names, the number of games (114) and average game length (15 minutes) were listed. =====Champion Whist Club===== The Champion Whist Club at least existed in 1874 with eight members. =====Freshmen Whist Club===== The Freshmen Whist Club at least existed in 1874. =====Class of '75 Whist Club===== =====Class of '77 Whist Club===== The Class of '77 Whist Club at least existed in 1874 with four members, listed as the "Ace, King, Queen, and Knave." =====Knights of the Mystic Spot===== The Knights of the Mystic Spot existed in 1874. =====Merry Whistlers===== The Merry Whistlers at least existed from 1875-76 with the motto "Birds of a Feather, etc." =====SPFD Whist Club===== The SPFD Whist Club at least existed in 1874 with four members. =====Trinity College Whist Club===== The Trinity College Whist Club at least existed in 1873 when it had four members. =====W(H)ist Ye Not Club===== The W(H)ist Ye Not Club at least existed in 1876 with eight members. =====Whis T Ling===== The Whis T Ling Club at least existed in 1876 with four members, listed as tenors or basses. ---- ===== Sources ===== **(Trinity) Chess Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2501|The Trinity Tripod]], 11/06/1934. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2478|The Trinity Tripod]], 11/28/1933. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/470|The Trinity Tablet]], 12/20/1899, pp. 75-76. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/468|The Trinity Tablet]], 11/04/1899, pp. 26-27. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/46|The Trinity Tablet]], February 1872, p. 19. **(Trinity) Cribbage Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/54|The Trinity Ivy]], 1876, p. 60. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/51|The Trinity Tablet]], July 1872, p. 104. **Euchre Clubs** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euchre|Wikipedia - Euchre]] **U(Cur) Club** **Ukur Klub** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/79|The Trinity Ivy]], 1874, p. 56. **Whist Clubs** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whist|Whist]] **Alpha Delta Phi Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/55|The Trinity Ivy]], 1879. **Brownell Hall Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/79|The Trinity Ivy]], 1874, p. 58. **Champion Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/79| The Trinity Ivy]], 1874. **Freshmen Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/1297| The Trinity Tripod]], 12/09/1904. **Class of '77 Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/79| The Trinity Ivy]], 1874. **Knights of the Mystic Spot** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/1297| The Trinity Tripod]], 12/09/1904. **Merry Whistlers** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tripod/2053| The Trinity Tripod]], 12/18/1917. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/54| The Trinity Ivy]], 1876. **SPFD Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/79| The Trinity Ivy]], 1874. **Trinity College Whist Club** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/78| The Trinity Ivy]], 1873. **W(H)ist Ye Not** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/54| The Trinity Ivy]], 1876. **Whis T Ling** [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/54| The Trinity Ivy]], 1876. ---- [<>]