Efforts to reach a society member or a representative of its business arm, the Russell Trust Association, through a Yale spokesman were unsuccessful. On Tuesday, the society's secrecy remained intact. Bonesmen swear an oath of secrecy about the group and its strange rituals, which include initiation rites such as confessing sexual secrets and kissing a skull. Skull and Bones founder William Huntington Russell was inspired by an occult society. Skull and Bones invites 15 Yale seniors to join each year. The Order of Skull and Bones is a secret society founded at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1832. chief justice in 1874 and William Maxwell Evarts, who served as U.S. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as their graduation year. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. It contains the names and photographs of about 50 Bonesmen, including Taft, who became the 27th president of the United States Morrison Remick Waite, who became U.S. Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832.
The skull is being sold with a black book, inscribed with Owen's name, the year 1872 and the numeral 322, a reference to the society's year of inception and to the death of the orator Demosthenes in 322 B.C. I think it will generate interest for people who are former Bonesmen, people who collect Americana, people who are interested in history." "It's an intriguing story tied to America, tied to Yale. "I think it's a macabre artifact," Margot Rosenberg, head of Christie's American decorative arts department, said Tuesday. John Kerry, businessman and diplomat Averell Harriman, publisher Henry Luce and author and commentator William F. Every year, 15 Yale University seniors are tapped to enter the ranks of Skull and Bones, one of the most mysterious secret societies on the planet. Bush, along with Secretary of State and former. Publicly known members, known as Bonesmen, include President William Howard Taft, both presidents Bush, Massachusetts Sen. Yales oldest secret society Skull and Bones boasts a very elite list of members: Presidents William Howard Taft, George H.W. Prior to that time, the group published an annual roster. Founded in 1832 by a community of students from Yale University, this secret society is famous for being a part of a number of conspiracy theories, the most popular perhaps being that founders of the CIA were members of this group. Skull and Bones, an elite society founded in 1832, has closely guarded its members' names and its activities since the early 1970s. The auction house said it also may have been displayed at the society's tomblike headquarters on Yale's campus in New Haven, Conn., during the late 1800s. Gaylon Ross is the author of several books about secret societies, such as the Bilderbergs, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission and, of course, the Skull and Bones Society. The skull is fitted with a hinged flap and is believed to have been used during voting at the famous society's meetings.