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After Tap Day a Bones man takes the veil, spends most of his time with fellow Bones men. Twice each week (Thursday and Saturday or Sunday evenings) they meet for a hearty dinner and secret ritual in a bronze-doored, brownstone, windowless "tomb" in a dark corner of the campus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Skull & Bones | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

...ritual is said to include wrestling matches (from which they often emerge in tatters) and critical bull sessions in which members tell each other their faults, prod each other to strive for Success. Main room in the tomb is reputed to have a marble altar and an illuminated skull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Skull & Bones | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

Crucified 'King of Jews' Seen Alive, is Report DEATH NOW VANQUISHED! CRY CONVERTS Heavy Stone is Rolled Away From Tomb Entra 'BODY STOLEN!'-PILATE

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Extra | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

JERUSALEM, Apr. 9, A.D. 30.-Shaken to its foundations by news that the tomb of Jesus, crucified Nazarene prophet, has been found empty, this city today is seething with speculation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Extra | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

...correspondent for the Daily News visited the tomb early this morning. The stone, a tremendously heavy circular block of granite which had been sealed against marauders with the Roman seal, was rolled away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Extra | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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