The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-28
RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES.
FAME OF MYSTERY IN NEW HAVEN INVADED
AND DEsEcRATED-A THRILLING COLLEGE

FAME OF MYSTERY IN NEW HAVEN INVADED
AND DEsEcRATED--A THRILLING COLLEGE
ROMANCE.
In these progressive DAYS, when Investigations Ian
tern lights up The where for centuries
secrets have reposed In security, Il is not strange
that some ray should creep into the peneiralia or
! Skull and Bones skull and Bones be II known, is
society OF college gentlemen who by "maskins the
business from Tho common eye" have attained a GER
tain mysterious notoriety In educational circles The
army oil young gentlemen who delight 10 dis
| play on their scarfs and vest Iapels
hideous golden skull and cross bones with
the cabalistc numbers 's322' attached thereto,
all belsng 10 this organization OF weird souls. For
than century the secret rites and OF the
society have been kept invoate but the day OF doom
has al last arrived and all the Abgad, Attach, Abam
and Athbasch OF the Order explained to practical.
and consequently unsympsthetic world All the
ghostly pccromancy, the truly mysterious hero
glyphcs the tasmans, periapts and spells fade into
thin air when looked upon by the commonplace eye OF
day. In order to better oil the paraphernalla
by which It's rites performed and oaths admin
siered Skull and Bones built itself house New
Haven. Conn, measuring S5x44x39 feet, and therein
deposited It's most sacred relics The holy place has
been dcsecrated by sinful hands and uninated dngers
have toycd with the most sacred thngs-things held In
veneration from earliest times by Skull and Bones
''wHAr 32a'"
The meaning Of tho cabalism '322'' has yet been
explained for record OF meaning discovered
by the invaders II has long been the boast OF Skull
and Bones that the sanctuares OF its secrets were In
tho hearts Of its members deal Of curious learning
has been wasted TO iathom the mystery OF 1922 - for
the erudte Investigator has yet Jailed to solve
the riddle. A secret society long since dissolved
society OF grotesque minded socalists--had for It's
sign the figures ''244" WE'LL 1t was tenet with this
society that 2+4 years alter some date which was not
stated, the world would be resolved into social
Utopia and that all things would DO equal among men,
Why IA ycarsS Because IA years measured he dura
ton Of the dynasties OF the early kings OF Rome, of
the Sclcucd monarchs. OF the Merovingian kings OF
France ANA OF the Lombard kings Of Italy Some
such consideration as the above may have influenced
tho founders OF the Skull aud Bones. and hon again
may not. However, although their secret IS still pro-
onnd, their lares and pcnaes have been dshonered,
aud through the Kindness Of the invading 'Fc and
Claw" another mysterious organization, the HERALD
Is enabled TO bare them to tho gaze OF the world. The
tale Of tho explorations IN the temple OF skull and
Bones roads like paper from Dr. Schliemann, and
might be well to mention that the conclusion OF the
Latin dedication attached to The pamphlet IN which
these explorations recorded reads "Ilium jiI!"
THE rANx MYSTERY
The pamphlet goes to statc that immediately
tho LETT Of the room Of tho inner temple is
soen u bookcase, which contains the Skull and
Bones. library. including complete set OF
logues aud books published by Bones Here,
too, tho constitution VI the Phi Beta Kappa aud
Of mombers down to 1868 II was bound IN black. and
had the front cover the letters O. s. p and on the
back q. j., in old English text For the year LII. only
eleven names given, and for Mill only twelve. II
several typographical errors Tor instance,
u. Cady Eaton's hrst name is printed Samuel. Opps-
has written In u bold hand, the mystic SYM
Dol "Ass" And at the top OF the page, which gives
the men OF ILL., Is written 'Croud packed by Boes,
and Boes Is the name OF Keys man OF that year.
From the catalogue we learn that the President and
Cno aud Eumenes, aud that, in bones, each men,
Der has nickname given him. Some OF these are
handed down from class to GLASS; aud OF these Glau-
GUS Prsaticus and Arbaces appear be the iavores
Hanging ON the wall toward High street was hand
somcly framed cushion Of dark velvet which were
fastened tho pms OF oil the societies which have ex-
listed In college, including Spade and Grave, Bull and
Stones and the like On the south side Of the room is
fireplace and above this q mantcl and Upon
tho ulanel skull aud bones OF silver the SIX u
about two inches In diameter and engraved 1922 from
the s. E. c. OF 1882 another OF bronze little larger
| than tho silver one and various other in
sigma relating to Skull and Bones. On the west
wall hung. among other pictures, an old engraving
representing open burial vault, in which
stone slab rest four human skulls grouped about a
FOOLS cap and bells, an open book, several mathemat
cal Instruments, bcggar's scrip and royal crown
|
On the arched wall above the vault are the expana-
| tory words, in Roman letters, "Wer war der Thor
wer wciser wer Better ooer Knsers" and below tho
vault is engraved, in German characters, the SEN
lob Arm, OBJ Reich, i'm TODD gieich.
Tho picture is accompanied by card, on which Is
written, "From the German Chapter. Presented by
Patriarch d. 9. Gilman, of D. So" The room rs hand
somely furnished; tobacco and pipes were abundant
and packs OF well worn cards served to indicate how
| the society manages 10 Kill five or six hours every
Thursday evening. The pipe bowls, which are repre-
sentaions OF skulls and bear the stamp OF NJ Gambler
| Paris have the Eulogian name OF tho owner and his
decade written upon them with red ink: for instance.
the one belonging to tho present Member from Bath"
was marked trim, ID. Is.
Room ID, the Bones naino OF which Is "322, Is the
sanctun sdnctorum of the temple. Its dstinguishn g
feature is a ie.sze fac-simile OF the Bones pin, hand
somey inlaid the black marble hearth. just below
| 10 maj
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Rari Quippe Boni,
in old English text This room is even more richly
furnished than 1928, but contains no bookcase aud
no pictures OF special Significance.
AS may be supposed, the Bones" men or Yale
College much excited over this recent invasion Of
their shrine; but the world at large breathes more
freely at the assurance that nothing more horrible
! was contained In the triangular temple