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University Barge Club of Philadelphia (also known as UBC) is an amateur rowing club located at #7 in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.〔 〕 The Club's founding, in 1854, is considered the "dawn of organized athletics in the University of Pennsylvania." Known as "''the'' upper-class rowing club," UBC is a founder, and the most senior member, of the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States, the Schuylkill Navy. ==Founding== University Barge Club was founded in 1854 by ten members of the University of Pennsylvania’s freshman class:〔 J. Ashurst Bowie, Horace G. Browne, Alexander B. Coxe, Pemberton S. Hutchinson, Chas. I. Macouen, J. Beauclerc Newman, James H. Peabody, Edmund A. Robinson, George H. Waring, and John W. Williams.〕 They first rowed out of a Schuylkill boathouse near the Fairmount Waterworks known simply as "Charlie’s boathouse". The Club was officially formed when the founders purchased its first boat, the Hesperus, from Bachelors Barge Club. Club members wore sailor uniforms from clothier Jacob Reed that were monogrammed with “U.B.C.” on their hats and belts.〔 In 1855, members of the Club, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Barge Club, built a one-story brick boathouse on rented land.〔 The Club purchased a second boat, named Lucifer.〔 After 1860, both boats were moved to a space rented from the Philadelphia Skating Club, which is now the Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club. At first, membership was limited to students enrolled at Penn, but the Club was not listed as a student organization of the University until 1867, when the University Barge Club won the Schuylkill Navy championship flag.〔 Membership was later opened to Penn alumni and certain non-alumni.〔 Although the Club was still affiliated with the University, it gradually began to cater more to non-students.〔 As the Club’s membership became dominated by Old Philadelphians from the upper-class〔(E. Digby Baltzell, The Protestant Establishment Revisited, p. 102 (2001) )〕 aristocracy, student enthusiasm waned.〔 In 1871, the Fairmount Park commission allowed the Club to build its own boathouse on Boathouse Row. In 1872, Penn students formed an alternative club, the College Boat Club, to cater to students and focus on preparing for intercollegiate competitions.〔 In 1887, for social functions, University Barge Club leased an additional upriver clubhouse on the west bank of the Schuylkill, called The Lilacs.〔〔 Today, while many of the University Barge Club's members are University of Pennsylvania graduates, the Club has no official affiliation with the University.〔 University Barge Club is the sister club of Union Boat Club of Boston. For more than 60 years, the two sister clubs have held an annual interclub "UBC" regatta.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University Barge Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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