History
It is not known exactly when or where collegiate a cappella began. The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (formerly known as the RPI Glee Club), established in 1873, is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group. The longest continuously-operating group is thought to be The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, which was formed in 1909. The first a cappella groups at other American Ivy League Universities include the Princeton Nassoons (c.1939-41), the Dartmouth Aires (1946), the Harvard Krokodiloes (1946), the Jabberwocks of Brown University (1949), and Cornell's Cayuga's Waiters (1949). The first all women's ensemble, the Smiffenpoofs, was founded in 1936 at Smith College, and the longest continuously-operating female a cappella group, the Mount Holyoke College V8s, was founded in 1942.
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