Editing Colonial Club (section)

=== Modern history ===

==== 2000s ====
[[File:Colonial Club Christmas Celebration, 2016.jpg|thumb|Colonial Club Christmas Celebration, 2015]]
Interest in the club reached a low point in 1999 when only 26 members of the class of 2001 signed into Colonial. Aggressive event planning by the classes of 2000 and 2001, along with generous alumni support and an enthusiastic and dedicated class of 2002, brought the club back from the brink. This was at least the third time the club had been rescued from near-oblivion; 1982 and 1988 also had seen very low sign-in numbers. In 2010, however, Colonial managed to recruit only 13 members in the first round of sign-ins; this was a massive drop from the 87 first round sign-ins from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=2019-09-19 | archive-date=2010-02-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205145717/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/02/01/24939 | url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/02/01/24939 | title=Thirteen join Colonial in first-round sign-ins | date=2010-02-01 | last=Brean | first=Molly | url-status=dead | website=dailyprincetonian.com }}</ref> The club was still able to attract a substantial number of new members during the second round of sign-ins that same year. In 2011, a huge turnaround occurred when over 130 sophomores signed into the club, which was the largest number of sophomores to join any of the eating clubs.

Throughout this period, the club has seen both the size and demographics of each section shift drastically. Nonetheless, the openness of the club, as demonstrated in 1969, remained a hallmark of the club's culture and shaped the club into the next decade.