Cadet Club

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The original "Cadet Club" was established outside of the Academy in the Fall Semester of 1960 by a group of members of the Class of 1961. The purpose of the Cadet Club was to provide and maintain a recreational and social facility in Colorado Springs for the exclusive use of USAFA cadets and their guests. The group negotiated a "no cost lease" with the management of the old Antlers Hotel, through which they provided us a large room in the basement that we could use as our club house. The members also negotiated special price drinks and secured a free popcorn machine with the hotel management.

The Cadet Club organized some excellent parties, the most memorable of which was a "Playboy Party" held in the General Palmer Ballroom of the Antlers Hotel on 27 May 1961. The first president of the Cadet Club was Hector Negroni.

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