Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The CARDINAL I936 The Cave Dwellers REV. SPEER STRAHAN, A.M. . . . . . . . . . .Moderator SILVIO V. GIOVANNETTI President JOHN M. WALTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . Vice-prexident MICHAEL A. ANSELMO ................. .. ........ Treamer JOSEPH D. LIX ......... . . . . . .................... Secretary HENRY C. REXACH , . , ,,,,,,, Inter-Club Council Repreyenlative JOHN J. PHELAN ,, ,,,,, , ,,,,,,,,,, Correrpmzdz'ng Secretary JOSEPH A. DUGAN ... .. ... ........ Pledge Marter IRA WHEATLEY Sergeant at Arm; The Cave Dwellers, who take their name from that chosen for themselves by old families of distinction in Washington, is composed of students residing 0g the campus. Approved by the authorities of the University and recognized by the Inter-club Council, the organization was formed. The Right Reverend Rector appointed Rev. Speer Strahan as Moderator, and at a meeting early in 1935 the men through whose efforts the idea had become a reality, were unanimously elected to the major offices, namely: Henry C. Rexach, President; William L. Hechmer, Vice-President; Joseph A. Dugan, Secretary; and Joseph D. Lix, Treasurer. The Cave Dwellers have merited the confidence placed in them. Represented on The Tower, The CARDINAL, and in various other extra-curricu- lar activities such as the Glee Club and the University Band, they have shown a public- spirited interest in the Catholic University affairs. Pint Row: Ramler, Rexach, Anselmo, Giovannetti, Lix, Dugan, Hemelt. Second Row: Phelan, Law, Wyble, Weedon, Ferguson, Johnson, Middleton, Fr. Strahan.

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The CARDINAL I936 Pint Row: Fitzgerald, Quigley, Keeley, Morrissey, Heltzel, Carroll, McGrath. Second Raw: Conroy, Fahey; Dunne, Brady, Mix. Abbey Club RT. REV. FULTON J. SHEEN, PHD. . . . . . . . . . . .Moderator RICHARD MORRISSEY ....... ..... Preiident JACK KEELEY ...... Vire-Prexident WILLIAM FAHEY ....... .......................$erretary JAMES BRADY Correxponding Secretary JOHN FITZGERALD ..... ..... .....Tre4mrer The Abbey Club, the first organization of its kind on the campus, was formally organized on October 12, 1922. From the date of its organization to the present date the Abbey Club has held its annual social functions, which include the Fall Banquet, the Abbey Tea and the Abbey Cotillion and the Senior Banquet, the latter being held in May. The first Moderator was the Rev. Father Keefe, who was later followed by Father Reynolds and finally by Dr. Sheen, the present Moderator. During the hrst year of its existence the club Pin, crest, key and pledge pin were designed. . 98

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The CARDINAL i936 Firxt Row: Spiniello, T. Duncan, R. Guinan, Johnson, Reing, Brennan, Lindsey. Second Row: Ledesma-Diaz, F. Guinan, N. Murphy, McDermott, Fanjul, O'Keefe, W. Murphy Gartland, Gaydos, Zusi, Angers. Third Row: Early, Spitzig, N. Duncan, Flynn. Phi Kappa REV. GEORGE B. STRATEMEIER, O.P., PHD. ,,,,, .Maderator FRANCIS E. JOHNSON ..... Preyidem RICHARD H. GUINAN JR. . . . . . . . . . Secretary JAMES P. REING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , Treamrer JAMES F. GARTI.AND ,,, . , . . . . . . . . , , . , , , , ,, Social Chairman JOSEPH R. ANGERS , , . ,. , , ,. Home Manager Phi Kappa Fraternity, the largest Catholic fraternity in the United States, installed Omega Chapter at Catholic University, February 15, 1930. Omega Chapter was for- merly the Dod Noon Club which was admitted into the Phi Kappa Fraternity upon obtaining a house on the campus. Phi Kappa was founded at Brown University in 1889 and since then twenty-four active chapters and eighteen alumni chapters have been added, making it the most powerful Catholic fraternity in the country. At present there are thirty-one members in Phi Kappa, ten seniors, eleven juniors and ten sophomores. Of these thirty-one, twenty-one are residents of the house, the requirement being that a member must be a junior or senior in order to live in the house. The members of Omega Chapter are prominent in all fields of extra curricular activity at the University.