The Phoenix – S K Club is an all-male
final club at
Harvard College that formed from the amalgamation and reorganization of the Phoenix, Sphinx, and Kalumet clubs.
Phoenix Club The Phoenix Club was formed in 1902 by a group of men who were members of
Theta Nu Epsilon, a national
sophomore society formed as an offshoot of Yale University's
Skull and Bones. The
Alpha Iota chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon at Harvard College was chartered in 1895. Many in the class of 1900, occupied a small house on the current
Harvard Lampoon building site on Mt. Auburn Street. In 1900, the Club was formally organized as the Kalumet Club and moved to 1178 Massachusetts Avenue. In 1901 it moved to 104 Mt. Auburn Street, then three years later it moved again to 44 Church Street, where it remained until its amalgamation with the Sphinx in 1914.
S K Club The adoption of the Inter-Club Agreement and other conditions made the union of these two Clubs desirable, so in 1914, members of both clubs voted that their undergraduate memberships should join the new S K Club. Construction was begun on a new clubhouse on the site of the Sphinx house at 72 Mt. Auburn Street, and the Kalumet house was employed in the meantime. The new building formally opened on April 1, 1916.
The Phoenix – S K Club In 1925, negotiations for the amalgamation of the Phoenix and the S K were started, and in January 1925, undergraduate bodies of both clubs voted their approval. A new club, The Phoenix – S K, was formed, which occupied the S K clubhouse at 72 Mt. Auburn Street. With time, due to changing conditions within the university, it became advantageous for The Phoenix – S K to be classified as a final club, so on May 24, 1930, the Club became final. == Clubhouse ==