The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-09

overs narrow opening for purposes Of ventila-
ton, but there are no windows except small,
heavily-shuttered ones to the cellar. Five
side walls. The massive doors are of iron.
and are up half dozen steps from
has only been occn, u Il Wv the society since issi,
prior to which time etings were held in rent
cd rooms In public. niiding. This property Is
controlled 10y the " N,ag-ley Trust Association
an organization sir dar to that which manages
the Bones hall. nobody has yet ruccecdcd in
breaking into the "ScrOll and Key" building,
and as the members NJ the society follow the
example of the Bones men, in wearing an air OF
awful mystery and reference, none but they
know what Is inside their gorgeous sarcophagus
but public rumor says that II Is furnished SPLEEN
didly, aud that.like the "Skull and Bones" hall,
II contains many valuable college mementOcs,
printed and manuscript "Naleusa" II Is said
that thcrc are treasured here a knife and pistol
with which men were Killed In iS,i and ls5s by
students protecting themselves against the
"tOwnies In riots, and many other equally sug
gestive stock museum articles.
THE JUNIOR SOCIETIES.
"Psi Upsilon has the handsomer and more
costly building Of the two junior societies. u IL
ON High street, very near To the northwest cor
ner OF the college yard. aud was completed ~
height Of ~ feet Like the edihce Just described
II Ia a tasteful improvement upon the gloomy
style of the skull and ZONES hall but, Ike
To tho outside world ~ what II contains. Its
front Il Of red pressed brick, relieved by three
ornamental courses in black, OF different pat
terms, one near the foundation, a second just
below the cornice. and the third at about the
middle height Of the wall The roof Is n slated
Mansard. over the entrance il an arrhed win
dow, always tightly closed. There are also two
windows In the iear, one on the south side and
two to the basement but all ARE covered with
lattice blinds and heavy black shutters. The
doorway and cnrnioes are Of light Nova scotia
stone the double doors are Of oak. very massive
and handsome, and the Greek letters which con-
stitute the name Of the society appear in relief
over them. The cost OF the hall and ground Is
said to have been SlS.Or
The fourth and last ~ these peculiar build
ngs Is that Of the " Delta Kappa Epsilon Jul
nior society, on York street near the corner Of
Elm. which was built In lSJl, and cost near
$1,000. 1t IA OF common brick with n brown
sandstone slab over the doorway bearing the
name ~ the society in Greek letters. There aro
Of thick ground glass. The internal arrange
ments are. In the main, similar To those ~ the
hall Of the Psi a." while the skull and
Bones" and Scroll and Keys" are organiza-
tlOns peculiar to ale, the d" Psi t." and Fl" ID. X
H." are widespread fraternities having chapters
In nearly all the leading colleges of the country.
There are now no sophomore societies at
Yale. both the Delta Beta Nj " and the Z" Phi
Theta Psi having been deemed 10y the faculty
not conducive to either good morals or cduCa-
tiOnal progress and 50 broken up.
The freshmen have three societies. Delta
Kappa Kappa Sigma Epsilon, and Gamma
M, each Of which hires a hall In some public
building for its meetings The last named IL
now an open society, hut the other, remain So
cret UnliNe the upper class societies. which
pick their men with care, the freshmen societies
take every new conner they can induce to join.