<p>In my time at Yale, I can’t remember anybody ever using the expression “senior society.”</p>
<p>And if these societies really didn’t want other people to be interested in their “private affairs,” they’d actually be secret–as in, not building massive creepy tombs in the middle of campus, and engaging in various pre-tap and tap night hijinks. Hey, maybe there’s a *really *secret society where the *really *powerful people meet!</p>
<p>Hmmm, “senior” was somewhat more common than “secret” in my time/place. 'Cause, for the most part, they weren’t secret, Bones being something of an outlier.</p>
<p>My comments were about Robbins’ book, not Bones. My final comment in my last post was about privacy, but that was an afterthought. </p>
<p>Challenge the veracity of my statements or offer a contrary opinion about Robbins’ writing, but let’s not wrangle over semantics. </p>
<p>As far as my use of the term “senior society” goes, I use it instead of “secret society” because, as Hunt points out, the existence of these societies is not much of a secret. Beyond that, “senior society” sounds less conspiratorial and paranoid than “secret society” (cue creepy music). </p>
<p>Anyone can pore over my whopping 28 posts on this site and see that I am not “posing” as anything at all: I’m simply an applicant to Yale. I’m hardly concealing myself in a shroud of mystery in an effort to raise eyebrows or attract attention or dropping hints about my real or imagined social/fraternal affiliations. Had I not felt the need to address what I perceived as a public insult, JHS, I wouldn’t have bothered posting anything else about the matter. </p>
<p>That being said, there’s no reason to fire one 'cross the bow for “the benefit of the folks in the stands.” You’re welcome to disagree with whomever and whatever you so desire, but please don’t accuse me of “posing” because of my choice of words in a post that I typed out in a couple of minutes at midnight, especially when you seem to be treading in slightly pretentious waters in your differentiating between Yalies and “normal people.”</p>
<p>Hey, let’s start a secret society on CC–we could even call it a “senior society,” and only Senior Members could belong. We could call it Scroll Wheel and Keyboard.</p>
<p>Ah Hunt, that was an excellent post. I will gladly join SWK, as long as the Junior Members don’t know about it.</p>