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 [{{:screen_shot_2022-06-30_at_10.31.33_pm.png?400 |Members of the Athenaeum, pictured in the 1933 edition of //[[ivy|The Ivy]]//. Image credit: Trinity College Archives}}] [{{:screen_shot_2022-06-30_at_10.31.33_pm.png?400 |Members of the Athenaeum, pictured in the 1933 edition of //[[ivy|The Ivy]]//. Image credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
  
-The Athenaeum was one of Trinity College's first [[societies|literary societies]], a way for students to debate and study. In the early days of Trinity College (initially known as [[washington_college|Washington College]]), these societies were an essential part of American campus culture.+The Athenaeum was one of Trinity College's first [[societies|literary societies]], a way for students to debate and study outside of the regular curriculum. In the early days of Trinity College (initially known as [[washington_college|Washington College]]), these societies were an essential part of American campus culture.
  
 In late 1824, [[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Brownell]] met with a committee of three students and the Rev. George W. Doane, A.M., Professor of Belle Lettres and Oratory to begin planning Trinity's own society. The committee drafted plans for a literary and debate society, which was officially initiated on June 4, 1825.  In late 1824, [[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Brownell]] met with a committee of three students and the Rev. George W. Doane, A.M., Professor of Belle Lettres and Oratory to begin planning Trinity's own society. The committee drafted plans for a literary and debate society, which was officially initiated on June 4, 1825. 
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 55-59, 221-222. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 55-59, 221-222.
    
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=ivy|The Trinity Ivy]], 1933.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29313721|The Trinity Ivy]], 1933.
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