![]() ![]() The secrecy seems to have attracted fascination and curiosity from the start. The names of its members weren’t kept secret-that was an innovation of the 1970s-but its meetings and practices were. Russell ’33 and his classmate Alphonso Taft (father of William Howard Taft ’78, the 27th U.S. But for some, secret societies retained their appeal. In the 1820s, however, national sentiment turned against secrecy and PBK dropped its closed-door policy. Yale’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, which was founded in 1780, was actually the first secret society at the university. The first exposé of Skull & Bones was published in 1871. The fact that both candidates are members of this mysterious organization, coupled with persistent rumors that Skull and Bones is more than just a highly selective college fraternity (some have even suggested darkly that its members are part of a clandestine cabal attempting to rule the world) has thrust it and other secret societies into the national spotlight. Bush ’68, who comes from a long line of Bonesmen, was welcomed into the fold in 1967. John Kerry ’66 got the call in 1965 George W. Judith Ann Schiff is chief research archivist at the Yale University Library.Įvery year, 15 juniors are tapped by Yale’s best-known secret society, Skull and Bones, for lifetime admittance to its windowless and forbidding tomb on High Street. The content of the magazine and its website is the responsibility of the editors and does not necessarily reflect the views of Yale or its officers. The Yale Alumni Magazine is owned and operated by Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., a nonprofit corporation independent of Yale University. ![]() Yale Alumni Magazine: How the Secret Societies Got That Way (Sept/Oct 04) ![]()
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