Owl Club (Harvard)

Owl Club
Owl Club
	Owl Club badge
Founded	1896; 128 years ago; Harvard University
Type	Honor society
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Emphasis	Seniors
Scope	Local
Chapters	1
Former name	Phi Delta Psi Club
Headquarters	30 Holyoke Street; Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138; United States

The Owl Club is an all-male final club at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. It was founded in 1896.

History

The Owl Club was founded in 1896 as the secret society Phi Delta Psi Club. Its founders were:

Dudley Hall Bradlee Jr.
Frazier Curtis
Malcolm Scollay Greenough Jr.
Reginald Mansfield Johnson
Charles Clifford Payson
Preston Player
Austen Fox Riggs

The club held its meetings in Cambridge's Polo Club Alley before purchasing land to build a clubhouse on the corner of Holyoke Street and Holyoke Place in 1901. The house was first occupied in 1905.

In 1916, Phi Delta Psi Club voted to officially change its name to Owl Club. The club had become known as The Owl as an abbreviation of its Greek name, Ἀυλὸς χαὶ Ἔκπωμα.

Clubhouse

In 1905, architect James Purdon of Purdon & Little drew up plans for the Georgian clubhouse. O June 24, 1905, its cornerstone was laid. The new building was formally opened on March 24, 1906, the tenth anniversary of the Club. This house at 30 Holyoke Street is the current clubhouse.

Notable members

References

Owl Club of Harvard College, Membership Directory, 1998, Puritan Press, New Hampshire
Owl Club of Harvard College: founded in 1896, Crimson Printing Co., 1966