The Skull and Bones "tomb," or clubhouse, at Yale | m01229, Flickr // CC BY 2.0 One of the most famous (and infamous) secret college societies in the U.S. is the Skull and Bones at Yale.

When Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana sent a letter this spring to university President Drew Faust calling its storied men-only clubs antiquated and exclusionary, it triggered a passionate ...

It’s easy to see how secret societies ... Although Skull & Bones is arguably the most famous society in New Haven, it’s certainly not the only one: Yale’s roster of cloak-and-dagger clubs ...

Some secret societies safeguard religious secrets and trade skills ... such as “Spartacus,” to conceal their identities. This illustration of famous Freemasons features George Washington and several ...

Secret societies have existed since the rise of the ... orders devoted to holding and defending the Holy Land—the most famous of which were the Knights Templar. A modern reenactment of Templar ...

Another famous Italian student, Prof Villari, has given the following definition of the notorious society: "The Mafia has no written statutes; it is not a secret society and hardly an association ...

As for the secret society, he said he sometimes "saw a bunch ... According to WPI, the building was used by one of its most famous alumni, Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry.

The 'Gilmore Girls' secret society, The Life and Death Brigade, appears to have borrowed elements from two exclusive college clubs. Matt Czuchry as Logan and Alexis Bledel as Rory on ‘Gilmore ...