In the spring of 1902, five Princeton students, John Lee, Henry Pogue, Otto Wolff, Conway Shearer, and Frank Little, led the formation of the new upperclassmen eating club, with a $400 stake placed in 1903.

Designed by Princeton alum Roderic E. Barnes, the new building was constructed in 1917 and is the club's current location.

[4] The club remained open during WWII, dropping to its lowest enrollment at 15 members, all of whom were ROTC officers.

[5] Reflective of broader campus debate at the time,[6] in 1978, the club voted on potential alternatives to the bicker system but ultimately maintained it.

[7] In 2003, the Tower president was charged with providing alcohol to a minor and causing a nuisance; they resigned.

[11][13] There is also typically a smaller bicker process held in the fall and open exclusively to students in their junior and senior years.