The question, then, is reduced to this - on the one hand lies a source of incalculable good - on the other a society guilty of serious and far-reaching crimes.Īt first, the society held its meetings in hired halls. To tell the good she might do would be yet more difficult. To tell the good which Yale College has done would be well nigh impossible. It does not deign to show its credentials, but clutches at power with the silence of conscious guilt. It grasps the College Press and endeavors to rule it all. Never before has it shown such arrogance and self-fancied superiority. The society was never as obnoxious to the college as it is today, and it is just this ill-feeling that shuts the pockets of non-members.

The reason is found in a remark made by one of Yale’s and America’s first men: Few will give but Bones men and they care far more for their society than they do for the college…. Men in Wall Street complain that the college comes straight to them for help, instead of asking each graduate for his share. No doubt they are worthy men in themselves, but the many, whom they looked down upon while in college, cannot so far forget as to give money freely into their hands. Money paid to the college must pass into their hands, and be subject to their will. They have gone out into the world and have become, in many instances, leaders in society. Out of every class Skull and Bones takes its men. because the college press is closed to those who dare to openly mention Bones…. It was only published once and was one of very few openly published articles on the Order of Skull and Bones. In October of 1873, Volume 1, Number 1, of The Iconoclast was published in New Haven. And there was backlash from students, showing concern about the influence Bones was having over Yale finances and the favoritism shown to Bonesmen. There was dissension from some professors, who didn’t like its secrecy and exclusiveness.

The Order flourished from the very beginning in spite of occasional squalls of controversy.

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