Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Yale's secret societies have been widely advertised not only by the eminence of many of their members and the interest of Princeton and Harvard (where such things do not exist), but also by novels† of wide circulation in which the societies were scored by a disappointed Yale graduate and a popular female novelist...
...afternoon last week a familiar U. S. scene was enacted for the 94th annual time. The Juniors of Yale College gathered on their inner campus and among them prowled the members of the secret senior honor societies. Hushed with excitement, doubt, hope, anticipation, the candidates stood in strained groups until, singly, the messengers found their men, smote them on the back and uttered the accolade's famed salutation...
...Vatican. Wildest of all are the rumors about what is done at the societies' meetings, for these begin twice weekly at seven and often last until four or five in the morning. Some say that naked male Negroes figure in one set of rites; that a secret language and lore are studied; that readings are held from the Classics; that there are rites of "purification" by fire and silence...
There is scoffing aplenty at the gravity of secret societists but impartial observers would be hard put to decide whether the inside or the outside attitude is the most "absurd." Both phenomena - secrecy and publicity-are universal...
Private elevators lead up to secret dining rooms where male guests may dine "without formally arraying themselves." This is the apex. All the builders of Babylon could do no more...