Scroll and Key

The Scroll and Key Society is a senior or secret society, founded in 1841 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second oldest Yale secret society. Scroll and Key was established by John Porter, with aid from several members of the Class of 1842 and a member of the Class of 1843, Wiliam Kingsley, after disputes over elections to Skull and Bones Society, the oldest society at Yale. Porter, William Kingsley, Enos Taft, Samuel Perk... more

The Scroll and Key Society is a senior or secret society, founded in 1841 at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second oldest Yale secret society. Scroll and Key was established by John Porter, with aid from several members of the Class of 1842 and a member of the Class of 1843, Wiliam Kingsley, after disputes over elections to Skull and Bones Society, the oldest society at Yale. Porter, William Kingsley, Enos Taft, Samuel Perkins, Homer Sprague, Lebbeus Chapin, George Jackson, Calvin Child, Charlton Kewis, and Josiah Harmer were among the society's first members.Theodore Runyon, Issac Heister and Leonard Case were also early members from the Class of 1842. William Kingsley, the namesake of the alumni organization, was a member of the Class of 1843. In addition to financing its own activities, "Keys" has made significant donations to Yale over the years, among them the John Addison Porter Prize, awarded annually by Yale since 1872, and in 1917 the endowment for the... less