There are easily over 100 student groups on campus, but not all of them have a room they can call their own. For the lucky ones that do, their spaces become much more than meeting places. Street goes behind the walls of three different campus clubhouses.
Theatre Intime:
The name Intime comes from the French word meaning intimate — an apt description for the cozy space of Theatre Intime in Murray Dodge. The Charrier Room is a warm meeting space, where vintage is the watchword. Wood is a highly embraced resource, appearing everywhere from paneled doors to windows, bookcases, tables, chairs, the roof and chimney. The furniture is a mix of grandfather study chairs, plush couches and a few less pretentious folding chairs. There are two chairs at the front of the room reserved for the theater’s general manager and production manager to use during meetings.
The walls are adorned with an abundance of dramatic, black -and-white photographs from old Intime productions. The striking centerpiece of it all is a large portrait of Hamilton Murray, Class of 1872, the theater’s namesake who was lost at sea in 1872.
Rumor has it that the ghost of Murray has taken residence in the Intime section of the room. “Although I have never actually seen the ghost of Hamilton Murray,” says Savannah Hankinson ’13, the Intime community liason, “sometimes you can hear creaks and things rattle around in the evenings.” Hankinson emphasizes, however, that Murray is definitely not a scary ghost, and no one in Intime has run into any problems.
Princeton Triangle Club:
Compared to Intime’s vintage feel, Triangle’s room is more eclectic. Located in the basement of McCarter Theatre, Triangle proves to be just as mysterious, though not quite paranormal. Before you open the door to enter the room, things seem to be calm and tame, a far cry from the wilderness within.
A short list of random items in the Triangle room includes: a suitcase, an old TV, half a skeleton and a trophy from a dodgeball tournament. Hil Moss ’12, president of Triangle, mentions that although she’s “not sure how some of the items got there, they are all Triangle-owned ... somehow.”
Hanging on the walls are small but bright posters of the previous shows, including pictures of the infamous male kickline. Every year, a new show poster gets added to the wall, and the posters now date back 120 years to the very first show. During show season, the room acts as a casual space for members who drop by to do work and hang out. There is also a piano that regularly inspires current club members and alumni alike to rise up in song.
The American Whig-Cliosophic Society:
Whig-Clio’s meeting space in Whig Hall overlooks the Whig Senate Chamber. At first glance, the room is rather stiff. The long table with formal chairs and a white wall with three historical figures staring you down adds to this sterility. According to Cara Eckholm ’14, the director of membership of Whig-Clio, a TV mounted on a wall remains relatively unused, along with many other expensive gadgets.
So if not the surroundings, what makes Whig-Clio meetings enjoyable? Apparently, looks aren’t everything when the events behind closed doors are often so charged. Members discuss potential recipients of one of Whig-Clio’s largest awards, which previously has gone to very influential figures such as Bill Clinton. Naturally, the disagreements going into such a prestigious award are heated.
Eckholm said that back in the day, these conflicts would be resolved with actual duels at the meetings. Now, when there are problems, members will jokingly threaten to quit. Of course, the dramatic exits are never complete without a round of fist-banging on the table.
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