[Boodleboy322]

Mad Max,

Thank you for creating this post. Skull and Bones Society is one of 5 Secret Societies at Yale. Others include Scroll and Key, Wolf's Head, Book and Snake etc. Former president's that were tapped into the order include Roosevelt, Taft, and the Bush line.
The order used to consist of only white males who had to meet the following criteria in order to be tapped:

#1 Must come from a family of wealth.
#2 Must have attended a New England Prep. School before going to Yale.
#3 Must be athletic, have good leadership skills, and believe in the ideals of War (military men are highly favored)

Skull and Bones Society does not go out and recruit like the typical fraternity does. They would source candidates that met the above criteria and were juniors at Yale. The group is a Senior Level Society that is designed to make leaders of the future.

Around the 1960's/70's minorities were finally being tapped. Carlos Panela was among one of these pioneers. He is currently the head of the Athletics Dept. at Yale.

In 1992, Skull and Bones Society began to tap women for the first time.

Although they originated in Yale, the society had transcened from a group in Germany. They shared similiar ideals from Masonic principles and ancient beliefs that originated in Ancient Egypt and Eulisis.

Some people confuse the true Skull and Bones Society with the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. Although the Phi Kaps are indeed skulls as well their roots stem from a man named Dr. Samuel Brown Wiley Mitchell. Two different groups.

I studied fraternities and secret societies for a year and 1/2 which led to my bid in the blue lodge of Freemasonry as well as a concentration in Political Science. PM me if you'd like to talk some more ~Boodleboy322