Editing Exeter College, Oxford (section)

=== Adelphi Wine Club ===
Formed in the 1850s, the Adelphi Wine Club is reputed to be one of the oldest three wine clubs in Oxford. The club draws its membership from undergraduates studying at Exeter College. It has been forcibly closed down by college authorities several times throughout its tumultuous existence and is currently believed to be dormant. The club was renowned for its extravagant dinners, and for excessive gambling after each meeting. One [[Blackballing|black ball]] was sufficient to exclude an undergraduate from membership. Beginning in 1923, the college forbade any student holding an [[Exhibition (scholarship)|exhibition]] from joining the club.<ref name="Correspondence relating to the Centenary dinner">{{cite web |url=http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/documents/archives/clubs_societies.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224085434/http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/documents/archives/clubs_societies.pdf |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>

Notable past members include Sir [[Martin Le Quesne]],<ref name="Exeter College Alumni Publications">{{cite web |url=http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/documents/alumni/publications/register-04.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123110357/http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/documents/alumni/publications/register-04.pdf |archive-date=23 November 2012}}</ref> and [[John Percy Vyvian Dacre Balsdon|J.P.V.D. Balsdon]].<ref name="Correspondence relating to the Centenary dinner"/>