Word: skulls
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...preparations were made by the undergraduates, especially by the senior societies, to tear down the fence, and to carry off parts of it as souvenirs. One night, shortly after the Harvard-Yale freshman game at New Haven, some members of the Scroll and Keys society, having heard that the Skull and Bones intended to carry away the choicest sections of the fence on the corner of Chapel and College streets, got ahead of the Bones and carried that portion of the fence off to their society building. On the following day "Bones" took its share of the fence...
...corner of Buchanan and Pleasant streets. A few days later a group of seven skeletons were found just south of the village of Winthrop, near the corner of Buchanan and Pleasant streets. A few days later a group of seven skeletons was found near Bartlett Park and several skulls and other parts were found in the same vicinity. One skull was encased in hammered copper with an outer covering of bark, held together by bands of twisted bark...
...were unearthed, of which five were in one group. The five were apparently a warrior, his squaw and three papooses. Near by there was found a portion of an earthen vessel and a roll of copper. The solitary skeleton was about six feet from the group. Under the skull was a number of beads and wampum strings. The skeletons were not more than twelve or fourteen inches under ground. Nearly all were lying on the right side, with knees drawn up to the chin, and facing the east. The soil in which they lay was of a sandy character...
...Medical School has voted to form a battalion to march in the republican parade tonight. Their costume will consist of a tall hat and a long flowing black gown, with the skull and crossbones imprinted on the back...
...following men have been elected to the senior societies: To the Skull and Bones-Thomas F. Donnelly, Chicago, III.; Horace S. Stokes, Detroit, Mich., Samuel H. Fisher, Cincinnati, O.; John C. Griggs, Terryville, Conn.; Herbert A. Smith, Worcester, Mass; Charles O. Gill, Orange, N. J.; Harry L. Reed, Manchester, Vt.; William A. McQuaid, New Haven; Henry S. Robinson, Hartford; Horace F. Walker, Detroit, Mich.; Herbert W. Wells, Louisville, Ky.; George W. Woodruff, Scranton, Penn.; Thomas W. Buchanan, Albany, Vt.; William H. Corbin, Hartford, Conn.; Gifford panchot, New York city...