Scroll and Key

The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society that was established by John Addison Porter at Yale University, in 1841. It is one of several senior secret societies at Yale. The founders of this society were students who were disappointed with Skull and Bones for its lack of substance and its classist tendencies. The founders modelled the society after the true spirit of merit and other such virtues that Skull and Bones professed to, but failed to adhere to. Each year, fifteen members each from the junior class are chosen to be among the members of Scroll and Key. These fifteen incoming members are chosen by the fifteen members of the outgoing senior class.