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== History == | == History == | ||
Outing Club was founded in October 1925 as part of the Athletic Association.<ref name=":0">Vassar Miscellany News 10 October 1925 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> At that time, the annual fee to join the club was $1.00. The club operated several cabins around the Hudson Valley in its early years, including in the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains.<ref name=":0" /> On December 5th, 1926, the club opened its cabin located at the southern end of | Outing Club was founded in October 1925 as part of the Athletic Association.<ref name=":0">Vassar Miscellany News 10 October 1925 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> At that time, the annual fee to join the club was $1.00. The club operated several cabins around the Hudson Valley in its early years, including in the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains.<ref name=":0" /> On December 5th, 1926, the club opened its cabin located at the southern end of the Farm (now the [[The Preserve at Vassar|Vassar Preserve]]), at the time the College farm and the Kenyon Estate. President [[wikipedia:Henry_Noble_MacCracken|Henry MacCracken]] named it the [[wikipedia:The_Tabard|Tabard]] after an inn in the ''Canterbury Tales''.<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 8 December 1926 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> | ||
In Spring 1930, the Tabard burned down. President MacCracken and the College's General Manager Keene Richards quickly ensured the construction of a second Tabard by October of that year.<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 27 September 1930 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> Though smaller than the first, it was constructed in the same location. At this time the Club owned a car for use on trips, which they had to donate to the war effort during World War II.<ref name=":1">Miscellany News 28 October 1994 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In 1946, a problem emerged that to get to the Tabard, many students were crossing [[wikipedia:IBM|I.B.M.]] land. After legal action, VOC repeatedly reminded their members to not trespass on I.B.M. property under penalty of the law.<ref>Vassar Chronicle 7 December 1946 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In January 1948, a Third Tabard was constructed, this time near the Hockey Fields, located where the Terrace Apartments are now. The same year, Outing Club and Ski Club merged.<ref>Vassar Chronicle 31 January 1948 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> For several decades, a common VOC event at the Tabard was "Freshman Feed".<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 30 September 1939 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref><ref>Vassar Miscellany News 2 October 1957 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In 1965, a VOC member found what she believed to be the ruins of the second Tabard.<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 24 February 1965 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In the 1970s, the Terrace Apartments were built on the location of the Tabard, which burned down sometime after 1972.<ref>misc 3 December 1971 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref><ref>Misc 5 May 1972 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> | In Spring 1930, the Tabard burned down. President MacCracken and the College's General Manager Keene Richards quickly ensured the construction of a second Tabard by October of that year.<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 27 September 1930 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> Though smaller than the first, it was constructed in the same location. At this time the Club owned a car for use on trips, which they had to donate to the war effort during World War II.<ref name=":1">Miscellany News 28 October 1994 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In 1946, a problem emerged that to get to the Tabard, many students were crossing [[wikipedia:IBM|I.B.M.]] land. After legal action, VOC repeatedly reminded their members to not trespass on I.B.M. property under penalty of the law.<ref>Vassar Chronicle 7 December 1946 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In January 1948, a Third Tabard was constructed, this time near the Hockey Fields, located where the Terrace Apartments are now. The same year, Outing Club and Ski Club merged.<ref>Vassar Chronicle 31 January 1948 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> For several decades, a common VOC event at the Tabard was "Freshman Feed".<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 30 September 1939 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref><ref>Vassar Miscellany News 2 October 1957 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In 1965, a VOC member found what she believed to be the ruins of the second Tabard.<ref>Vassar Miscellany News 24 February 1965 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> In the 1970s, the Terrace Apartments were built on the location of the Tabard, which burned down sometime after 1972.<ref>misc 3 December 1971 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref><ref>Misc 5 May 1972 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive</ref> | ||