https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ 2026-08-13T21:24:27+00:00 https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/lib/exe/fetch.php/logo.png text/html 2026-08-12T18:42:31+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/glee_club?rev=1786560151&do=diff students organizations Glee Club The Trinity College Glee Club was founded in 1868. Within its first two years of existence, the club was also known as “The Euterpean Society,” however, the Glee Club officialized its college organization status in 1870, abandoning this alternate name. The group gave its first concert as The Euterpeans in the College Cabinet on February 9, 1869. In the early years of the Glee Club, it frequently split into smaller groups such as, in 1874, the Thunderers, the Be… text/html 2026-08-12T13:46:33+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/burlesque?rev=1786542393&do=diff organizations students Burlesques The form of entertainment known as burlesque grew popular in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, drawing inspiration from Victorian British Burlesque, a form of musical theater parody that satirized canonical works of literature and drama through pastiche, puns, and the mocking of tropes. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, burlesque shows were a popular form of entertainment for Trinity College students. A distinctive feature of… text/html 2026-08-12T13:40:05+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/quartets?rev=1786542005&do=diff organizations Quartets The Trinity Tripod Numerous quartets, or four-person singing groups, have been formed by Trinity students over the years, though the pinnacle of their efflorescence occurred in 1887, beginning a brief “Golden Age” for Trinity’s Glee Club. It was during this academic year that the Glee Club grew significantly and had such success that several offshoots proliferated from its ranks as a result. A Glee Club quartet, as well as quartets associated with five different text/html 2026-08-12T13:04:09+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/g?rev=1786539849&do=diff G Gallows Hill - An area of the Trinity College Campus where public executions took place during the 18th century. Gallows Hill Bookstore - A campus bookstore operated by Barnes and Noble in Hallden Hall. Game Clubs - Groups for students interested in playing games such as chess, cribbage, and whist. text/html 2026-08-11T19:26:36+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/students_army_corps?rev=1786476396&do=diff organizations military students Student Army Training Corps The Student Army Training Corps, or S.A.T.C., was a World War I federal program originally under the name of R.O.T.C. in which colleges provided Reserve Officer training to students. The U.S. Army established an S.A.T.C. program on the Trinity text/html 2026-08-11T19:24:39+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/sustainability_action_plan?rev=1786476279&do=diff publications Sustainability Action Plan Trinity College’s Sustainability Action Plan, more commonly known as Summit, is a strategic plan published by the college in 2021 as an effort to outline short- and long-term goals to track the college’s progress towards a sustainable future. Since its establishment in 2018, the Summit Sustainability Committee has supported many projects on text/html 2026-08-11T19:22:55+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/v?rev=1786476175&do=diff V Vassar College Exchange Program - Program in 1969 where male Trinity students went to study at Vassar College while female Vassar students came to study at Trinity. Venture Conference for Women's Leadership - The Elizabeth Elting Foundation Venture Conference for Women’s Leadership. Vernon Place - Dormitory on North Campus that houses upper-year students. text/html 2026-08-11T19:20:49+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/vernon_place?rev=1786476049&do=diff places students Vernon Place Located on Vernon Street across from the English Department building, the Vernon Place Residential Community is a dormitory that houses upper-year students. The dormitory consists of single rooms and four-bedroom suites, which include a common room, but unlike other upper-level suites, have no private bathrooms. Each floor has two communal bathrooms and a community lounge shared by all residents. Three Community Advisors live in the building. text/html 2026-08-11T19:18:15+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/cornelia_center?rev=1786475895&do=diff places women students Cornelia Center The Cornelia Parsons '80 Center is a community gathering building located on Vernon Street which houses the Career and Life Design Center. Named for Cornelia Parsons (Thornburgh) '80, who served on the Board of Trustees for 17 years and was its first female chair in 2014, the Cornelia Center is among the first College buildings named for a woman and the first for a woman who was alive at the time of dedication. It was known as Vernon Social until 2021. text/html 2026-08-11T19:14:04+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/athletics?rev=1786475644&do=diff athletics Athletics at Trinity “” From the founding of the College, Trinity students enjoyed outdoor recreation and individual sports such as swimming, boxing, fencing, and horseback riding. Gradually sports became more organized, with the first teams and team sports appearing in the 1850s. Rowing led the way as the first competitive intercollegiate sport, followed by baseball and football. In the nineteenth century, Trinity men competed with students at schools like Yale, Harvard, and Brown, t… text/html 2026-08-11T19:07:18+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/tennis?rev=1786475238&do=diff athletics Tennis Tennis first appeared as a lawn tennis club formed in 1878; the sport quickly became popular. By 1883, Trinity had six lawn tennis clubs that made up the Trinity College Lawn Tennis Association. The best of these teams were selected for a varsity team that first played intercollegiate competitions in 1882. In 1883, Trinity headed the effort to form the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association, with the first meet held in text/html 2026-08-11T19:04:58+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/a_capella_groups?rev=1786475098&do=diff organizations students A Capella Groups A capella groups at Trinity College originated in 1938 with the formation of The Trinity Pipes, then an all-male quartet which became co-ed in 1970, the year after the College first admitted women. In the 1960s, The Pipes were joined by The Trinidads, another all-male singing group. These were the only a capella groups on campus until 1987, when The Trinitones formed the first all-female group. The two groups were joined in 1993 by the all-male group, … text/html 2026-08-11T19:01:58+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/rowing_crew?rev=1786474918&do=diff athletics Rowing (Crew) Rowing's origins at Trinity date back to 1856 with the “Minnehaha Club,” also the first-ever sports club at Trinity, following the popular trend of boating clubs in Hartford. The club first competed with groups in Hartford, but by 1858 was set to compete with other college teams in a text/html 2026-08-11T18:55:51+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/club_of_the_incogniti?rev=1786474551&do=diff organizations students Club of the Incogniti The Hermethenean The Club of the Incogniti was one of Trinity’s first secret societies, formed in the early 1830s. Although the exact date of its founding is unknown, the society emerged during a time when Trinity, then known as Washington College, was actively fostering literary excellence among its students. As such, the Club is believed to have been a literary society. text/html 2026-08-11T18:53:26+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/pew_ends?rev=1786474406&do=diff traditions places Pew Ends There are 78 wood-carved pew ends found in Trinity’s Chapel. The carvings depict a variety of images pertaining to the school’s history, American history, the Bible, and the lives of those associated with Trinity. There is no specific theme that ties the pews together; their composition reflects the donors who commissioned them. The order in which the pew ends were arranged also does not reflect any sort of theme or progression, as they were only installed where they… text/html 2026-08-11T18:52:09+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/gates_quad?rev=1786474329&do=diff places Gates Quad Trinity Reporter The Gates Quadrangle is a network of paths surrounding five mounded lawns leading to and from Mather Dining Hall. Formerly called the Mather Quad, it was renamed in the summer of 2012 after a complete transformation and renovation. The quad was rededicated during Homecoming Weekend of November 2013 in recognition of the lead gift from John Gates, Jr. '76, P’13 and Weezie Gates P’13, among others. Parents and Trinity alumni hoped to bring positive change to t… text/html 2026-08-11T18:48:39+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/homecoming?rev=1786474119&do=diff traditions athletics students Homecoming The event of Homecoming has variously existed as a tradition at Trinity College since the early 1940s. Although the specifics of the celebration have changed over the years, the general impetus of Homecoming has been to welcome alumni back to text/html 2026-07-30T19:22:15+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/pamphlet_wars?rev=1785439335&do=diff publications Pamphlet War The founding of Washington College (now Trinity College) in 1823 became grounds for heated debate in the early nineteenth century over whether a college other than Yale (founded in 1701) was truly necessary in Connecticut. The “Pamphlet War” consisted of written arguments for and against the prospect of a second college in the state, published as small booklets and distributed publicly. Three pamphlets constituted the central arguments that were made on both sides and… text/html 2026-07-30T17:10:40+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/goodwin_greek_prize?rev=1785431440&do=diff academics Goodwin Greek Prize The James Goodwin Greek Prize was founded in 1884 in honor of Trinity College Trustee James Goodwin Jr. after his death in 1878. The prize was originally funded by Josephine S. Goodwin (née Lippincott), wife of James Jr.’s son, James Junius Goodwin. James Junius, himself a trustee of the College, and his brother Francis Goodwin, wrote a letter to the trustees in June 1884 stipulating the terms of the fund on Mrs. Goodwin’s behalf. The principal sum of the prize e… text/html 2026-07-23T19:21:56+00:00 bant07 (bant07@undisclosed.example.com) https://mail.encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/old_gymnasium?rev=1784834516&do=diff places athletics The Old Gymnasium The old gymnasium was built in the fall of 1871 in order to support the Trinity Boat Club's need for training space and indoor calisthenics . The “large barn-like structure” was moved to the Summit Street campus North of Jarvis Hall in 1878, where it stood until it burned down on May 13, 1896, nearly 10 years after