astronomy

University Barge Club

University Barge Club is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand University Barge Club rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

University Barge Club belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect University Barge Club to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of University Barge Club from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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: 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 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, University Barge Club leased an additional upriver clubhouse for social functions called The Lilacs on the west bank of the Schuylkill. 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.

History of the boathouse The boathouse, at #7-8 Boathouse Row, dates from 1871, and was greatly expanded in 1891. Originally, University Barge Club only occupied #7, while Philadelphia Barge Club occupied #8. In 1932, University Barge Club acquired #8 when Philadelphia Barge Club ceased operations.

References

Further reading "Boathouse Row". Living Places. Retrieved April 30, 2010. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form". NPS Focus, National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. November 27, 1983. pp. 662–63. Retrieved May 7, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Heiland, Louis (1938). The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 – 1937. Philadelphia: The Drake Press, Inc. p. 81. Janssen, Frederick W. (August 15, 1888). "University Barge Club". Outing Library of Sports: American Amateur Athletic and Aquatic History 1829–1888. New York. p. 213.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Keyser, K. C. (1872). "University Barge Club". Fairmount Park: Sketches of its Scenery, Waters, and History (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. p. 135. Scharf, John Thomas; Westcott, Thompson (1884). "Public Squares, Parks, and Monuments". History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884. Vol. 3. L. H. Everts & Company. p. 1871. Sweeney, Joe. "The History of the Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association: Part 2 – Beginning of the Clubs". Schuylkill Navy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.

External links "University Barge Club on Boathouse Row". About.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2010. "University Barge Club". Facebook. Retrieved May 5, 2010. Max Kaplan, Christopher Blackwell, Bruce La Londe (September 30, 2009). Rowing 101: A Guide to Rowing in Philly's Schuylkill Regatta (youtube video). Philadelphia: aroundphilly.com. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |publisher= (help) Tim Furlong, Matt Morano, Mitch Budman, Lyman Perry (October 27, 2010). Head of Schuylkill Regatta: NBC10's Tim Furlong profiles the University Barge Club (video). Philadelphia: nbcphiladelphia.com. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |publisher= (help) University Barge Club on wikimapia.org

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with University Barge Club

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what University Barge Club claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to University Barge Club before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about University Barge Club ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of University Barge Club

In research: University Barge Club appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses University Barge Club in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: University Barge Club is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1854 establishments in Pennsylvania, Boathouse Row, Boathouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for University Barge Club outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does University Barge Club matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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