Alissa is not taking her Howard Dean poster down from her bedroom wall yet, and like many others here, she put in weeks of free time campaigning in New Hampshire.The official logo of the Skull and Bones Society (Wikimedia Commons)īush, the father of President George H.W.
"We like to win, and we like to work with people who like to win," says one. Two recruiters from the Democrats' national grassroots organization are offering jobs where they promise 12-hour days: Looking around at the 50 or so young people in the room, you marvel at how professionally and seriously they take their politics here. None of this curious history, which simply goes to underline Yale's extraordinary ability to churn out Presidential-material graduates, was getting in the way of the Yale Democrats weekly meeting last night. Though with an estimated 10 secret societies at this Ivy League institution, who can be sure who belonged to what?Īway from the cloak-and-dagger world, George W Bush was a big-shot fraternity guy when he was here, while JF Kerry was president of the Political Union, which seems to exist to mirror the debating rowdiness of the British House of Commons. It is known that those other famous also-ran "Yalies" of the political year - candidates Howard Dean and Joe Lieberman - were not members while they were here. The Bush tribe do not take kindly to inquiries about the elite order, and John Kerry has refused to answer questions about his involvement. Who can tell if she has supped from the same old skull as her dad, or brandished the same femur? Howard Dean's daughter is quietly studying here, as well as one of the Bush twins. It is a privilege offered only to final-year students. Only around 15 new members per year are admitted from each class of 1,300. Allisa is wary of my investigative urges and walks down the block to avoid being seen with me. It is an enormous, ugly, triple-locked building that doesn't even have a doorbell.Īfter a bit of poking about, the only signs of human occupation are two large sacks of washing propped-up against a basement door. "I would still want to know them, and I probably would join if I could."Īccompanied by my guide for the afternoon, secretary of the Yale College Democrats, Alissa Stollwerk, we walk by the Skull and Bones lodge - home to the bizarre initiation rites outlined earlier - which is known to all on campus as the "tomb". "Yeah, they're captain of the football team-types. I'd definitely want to meet them," says one laconic youth. "If I was hiring for a job, and I found out they were a Bonesman. Well, in maturity, both men are certainly running, and it's impossible to know how much their membership of the exclusive Skull and Bones Society has helped them reach the positions of eminence they now occupy: President of the United States, and senatorial lead-contender for president. The final words of the initiation ceremony, according to the intrepid New York Observer journalist Ron Rosenbaum, who has secretly recorded the secret incantations, centre around the command, "Run neophyte!" John Kerry and George Bushs junior and senior were members of the secretive Skull and Bones society at Yale university. "The Hangman equals death, The Devil equals death, Death equals death!" It's weird to think that the two men who are now contesting the most powerful job in world politics, both apparently went through an occult ritual that involved dressing-up and chanting the words above, prostrate in front of a fellow student wielding a butchers' knife and dressed in animal skin.
The Skull and Bones lodge, also known as the "tomb", houses one of Yale university's estimated 10 secret societies. Matthew Wells scours the university for future presidents. Photograph: Matthew Wellsīoth John Kerry and George Bush were members of Yale's secretive Skull and Bones society. The Skull and Bones Lodge, also known as the 'tomb,' houses one of Yale university's estimated 10 secret societies.
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