Name/Title
Ward-Belmont Club Village PamphletEntry/Object ID
2023.107Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A pamphlet on the club village and social life at Ward-Belmont. Each social club had its own clubhouse in the campus "village." Information is given on club competitions, organization, activities, social service, parties, meetings, vesper services, club house uses, and faculty sponsors.Context
Ward-Belmont offered ten student social clubs, similar to sororities: the Twentieth Century Club (T.C.C.), X.L., A.K. (All 'Round), Osiron, Agora, Anti-Pandora, F.F., Penta Tau, Del Vers, and Tri K. Per this pamphlet, "the club system was introduced here because it was felt that national sororities had no place in a school such as Ward-Belmont. It was, therefore, to supplant the sorority plan with something that offered its advantages without the obvious disadvantages, that the club system was started." Like sororities, there was a week of rushing at the beginning of the school year, and new club members participated in an initiation.
Club houses provided a more home-like and private environment than the dormitories, and included a living room with a fireplace, a music room or library, a kitchen, and a writing room. Clubs competed against each other for an athletic trophy, a scholarship cup (based on members' academic standing), and a citizenship cup awarded at the All-Club banquet at the end of the school year. For the latter, "consideration [was] given to athletic participation, academic standing, attitude toward rules, regulations and campus responsibilities, and to creative accomplishment. Every phase of a girl's life is thus considered of importance in her club."Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, Club Village, Club House, Tri K, Anti-Pandora, X.L., Del Vers, Osiron, A.K., Twentieth Century Club, Penta Tau, F.F., Agora
