The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09
YALES HALLS OF MYSTERY.
-uE roMB-LIKE EDIFICEs or THE
COLLEGE SECRET SOCIETIES.


and Key"-"Psi u" asd I'D. NJ e.
vain tHorts TO Penetrate the ha's'
NH, ..,.;,or 20 Nav Haven insDeCtinR
ihe 'N''o' " -. -. a., ,h.-,,,n,
the many features OF interest In that charming
"a. asnariaIlv those connected with its most
o''' ~, ,,s,,,u,ion tho vener.ble college
prominent INSTITUTIONS INV ''
Of Yale, cannot but be somewhat sur
-, and perhaps impressed by the
p's~ 80 '.... =, ,,ur rem.rL
extraordinary appearance Oh io"' 'e""a
able edinces near the college grounds, which
a"' -. Ut -, ,hasa a,r.o,,a
society DulldlhRs' Eacn vi theso S"e"ko
structures stands alone and looks like massive
,o,,h Tbs wallA al far AS can be seen from
to"p' Inv vans ~ ,'' -" " 80 ,-"
the street. are windowless The huge doors are
of IRON Enormous locks make an ostentatious
I. -, .a.,s,an,o 90 Innu,si,,va in,r,.io,
P~suo VI 'eS's'""O' " nv .'..'' ,,s
Daring the daytime no sign OF human life APP
se.rs In or about these mysterious houses. IL
4. not easy for one to believe when first so in
f,rned that these are halls occupied by socie-
-, -. -, .,,,,,,, A., 90. ,,,,,,oro . ,h.,
they are treasure chests In which art, taste, and
,v..l,h con,b,ned have stored their choicest
$500" -, ..,,,
productsi that often these sohorc anu repeiian'
akteriors hide from the view OF the profane
So,eus - ", -. h,,,,r. .,,.v
,r.,,o ds,,v ave- In g,ld,n dawn. one can more
..-.,,, c,,caivs tb.t tbey are charnel houses
.' " -. a.. ,hro,., .ho,,, than,
An amount OF mystery Is 'n'o"" a'ou' '"o"
-v.u,ua Not only IA IL imposslblo for any
no, msnher IN oh,dn entrance
OBS not ihemuei 70 "p,ai, entua"ue
70 ',''n ~, ,-o, ,,s,,hn M, ,,a,iihnra 20
thslr interiors rom 'neinpeis on. nneI.'oers are
atsfse 10 even sleAh iiiR auput menu or ehs"elhe
ms conversation Whch mlsnt enVlt any ,Suf-
eeetlNe wofd or admission concerning thelr
hs.ui anu tl,te secrets. Shull anu nuios
ane ~, ai,u NY o v,e ~ Sre"n ~" .,1
Omes Oi the't socleties 10 hOn-menpcfs' ana
IeiHd any question: OF meet any ahus'oh Win
1V.nlEe, p,'s pr, 's''i's. s'i',,s CON,
students NOT favored win hemoershlp 'on-
ieH themselNes win a ,"hnusht eApio e,'''tl
al oy,el 'uat the,e NeIy SEE ,uslNc suv'ctiess
are all AN empty hunhug ana a shhm ana
thh. tnoit se,'ets a., easy 10 seep so w1 vi,
b.Sause there Is nothlhg IN tnel 10 tel'
TIE strong feeling nt attachment Tor these nr-
gAh@atiYhs manifested ny their olusst mem
~ni,h they are Spoken 81 by men whose con
netllpn win them l. oi many years standing,
aj'ord presumptNe evidence against the consOl-
sI"ey suppOsitions uf the outsiders however.
THE MYSTERIOUS BUILDINGS.
mo ,honsanJ. ~ .tr,,n,,.-s drawn ia Yale la.,
s ~ NV V,,'. h ,I y. so
49, h5idi",,s Si n0'h,iS hs ',,,d 70
-, ~ ,r,,,,H hon, liam md ia a'.,.i,tio,s
,s,a,,,,al,'in, thn,, a., i, 4, H., ~ AZ" M,
s,r.,r -n INV 'Ths - ,ull and it,m,s Sncietv
orns .'e o,ue,.' S.I,,,-'st anu l'ss '.'.uvii, ,
s..-i s,iu lin atrn ,ariv
- r. w, ~ 80" ,..oN -, ,.ii' Dii 49,.
~ as ART n.I,iuh- may rup.ry d"f s rs
b. sfteen member- nf thecIA.s witch graduated
The following wear. and Gen russell was it,
r...,ieI fnindrr There is a tradition Ia IN,
80 Tia, IL ~ it,I Sn r ,a,5itnt !" ,e ',y
- mn ' u, , ,,, a. W. ,,,, ~, ,,u
Tntyer.ity' INT ,ii",,,. il, mi. tireriin" ~
Tim, Mo-, nrnt,Ii, !, t,, ,,t,,,s,l M
-,.srfh ~ .',9,s =. va" .,o H r. IN
e.. -, S','.,,,, '''i N'''''" "a '"N "'
- th,t a. IN ,,,v "Sluil and nona. " b..
.trnvs heli The bi,bss, r,ns In tIe .,riof, -
TEL, neruli,r Ia Vii. and An eI..tinn Ia mann
1,.r.,In in il 4. lnu,.,l ,itnn hv itulnrs rising "a
a., ditnitv Of ,si,i,r- a. An Ian,r far rf.lt,.r
1lao am other u.,ll,. In c,llsr,. m. only
est..n ~ th,, se,i,r a.. ar, ,i rod Ia IL a,rR
- th.t tuu,h /. su,,Nn nm ths urinrinin
,n,.I, which Tie r..ill,t. nfieau are ..lr,i.d
40 The systrn, ,,lfrh ,nntrnls The n.reutnn.,
m konur,rY u.,u,rr. II such m.n,b.r1Iin
sxsts-nre ali.e Yelled in mystery SOM.
of III. faculty belong TO IL and il il
as.rred b, nGn-meubers, show "A marked
carried to the extent alleged. cannot hut
h.,e an fniurinus .r,..t tit.,n .,il.y. di-.i-
p.ia. Tn. -uci.ty hall rr.tt,.d In i,,,i il aid
L. anve rnst Win H., Ia, IN ,thitb If .tanJs
.,.sIf son n l. . rim fafuilt-N,ult lno,,iIi.,
,trsctlIre of bruwu s,tud-tone almost covered
nv a gigantic Nir.nia ,.-e.ter aud l. thirty-nys
f.,i In length There are t,n Windows In il
fruit or sidss hut M the h,ck are two each
.lsAt eight inches in width and cln.ed
by ron -hutters -,id 10 weigh hAlf A Ton each
III. roof il OF hlf-in,.h plate, Of iron executing
sssre "A snNli.ht Of heavy ground glass 4 in
serted The doors are Of ron very thick, twelve
tess high and ,ix wide, painted "trN green. Blk
- .,asPs' iHs''"eu ny P"u''' NS' 'o'e' '"o
'"''e9' r,t,tu,r r.srp,~cv