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Spade And Grave
Spade and Grave (S&G), also called S.L.M., is a senior secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1864, it is one of Yale's oldest societies. History Spade and Grave grew out of a quarrel in the class of 1864. That year, the ''Yale Literary Magazine'' had five editors—three who were members of Skull and Bones and two who were "neutral". In February, an article was published that discussed the ways men manipulated their way into Skull and Bones and made unflattering comments about some of the Bonesmen The three Bonesman editors voted to censor the article and seized all printed copies of the magazine. One of the neutral editors disagreed with this decision and called a class meeting; the class voted to support the neutral editor and demanded that the Bonesmen return the seized magazines. When the Bonesmen failed to comply, the class expelled them from office and replaced them with three neutral editors. Instead of accepting this ruling, the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Society
A secret society is a club or an organization whose activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence agencies or guerrilla warfare insurgencies, that hide their activities and memberships but maintain a public presence. Definitions The exact qualifications for labeling a group a secret society are disputed, but definitions generally rely on the degree to which the organization insists on secrecy, and might involve the retention and transmission of secret knowledge, the denial of membership or knowledge of the group, the creation of personal bonds between members of the organization, and the use of secret rites or rituals which solidify members of the group. Anthropologically and historically, secret societies have been deeply interlinked with the concept of the Männerbund, the all-male "warrior-band" or "warrior-society" of pre-modern cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
