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"A History Of Scroll And Key 1842-1942 by MACK, Maynard and 1942-1972" 1978 by GIAMATTI, A. Bartlett (SOLD)

[252] pp. and [64] pp.

MACK, Maynard and GIAMATTI, A. Bartlett

The Society

1978

9.5" x 6"

VG

The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society, founded in 1842 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the oldest Yale secret societies and reputedly the wealthiest. The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale, along with Skull and Bones and Wolf's Head. Each spring the society admits fifteen rising seniors to participate in its activities and carry on its traditions.

Scroll and Key was established by John Addison Porter, with aid from several members of the Class of 1842 (including Leonard Case Jr. and Theodore Runyon) and a member of the Class of 1843 (William L. Kingsley), after disputes over elections to Skull and Bones Society. Kingsley is the namesake of the alumni organization, the Kingsley Trust Association (KTA), incorporated years after its founding.