Here are some interesting tidbits and factoids about the Skull & Bones secret society. Remember that they're rumours and that's all they are; it is impossible to verify things like this and even if I could you would still have no reason to trust me.
- The granddaddy of all fraternities, Phi Beta Kappa, was
founded in 1776 as a secret society and went public in the
1820s. Skull & Bones was supposedly a chapter formed at Yale
University in 1780, that remained secret.
- Skull & Bones started accepting women as members in 1992.
- The order was once known as the Brotherhood of Death. Some say
it was founded as Chapter 322 of a German secret society.
- It was founded in 1833 by General Willian Huntington Russel
and Alphonso Taft. It was incorporated as the Russel Trust
Association in 1856.
- Some sources say the order only exists at Yale, others believe
there are chapters at other Ivy League universities as well.
- Each year exactly 15 new recruits, all students in their senior
year. Upon initiation each is given a new name.
- At any time about 500-600 members are alive and active. The order
meets annually at Deer Island in the St. Lawrence River.
- The number 322 pops up frequently when reading about the
order. For example, the Inner Temple of the headquarters is also known
as Room 322.
- The society building at Yale is adorned with skulls, both human
and animal. A persistant rumour claims that the order is in possession
of the skull of Geronimo, which has upset some of the Apache
people.
- There are two other secret societies at Yale; the Scroll & Key
and Wolf's Head.
Then there are some things we can be more or less certain of:
Finally, a list of books and articles on the subject, blatantly ripped
from (www.parascope.com):
- "An Introduction to the Order", Anthony Sutton, Veritas Publishing 1988
- "America's Secret Establishment: An introduction to The Order
of Skull & Bones", Anthony Sutton, Liberty House 1986
- "The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones", Ron Rosenbaum,
Esquire Magazine, September, 1977
- "Yale Society Resists Peeks Into Its Crypt", David W. Dunlap,
New York Times, 11/4/88
- "Skull and Bones -- Bush's Boy's Club", Peggy
Alder-Robohm (researcher), Covert Action Quarterly No. 33 (Winter
1990)
- "Skeleton in His Closet", John Schrag,
Willamette Week, September 19-25, 1991
- "The Cyclopedia Of Fraternities", Albert Stevens, ed., E. B. Treat and Company 1907
- "Who's Who of the Elite", By Robert Gaylon Ross, Sr., RIE 1995