Wolf's Head Society is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
The society was founded when fifteen members of the Yale Class of 1884 choose to abet the creation of The Third Society, later known as Wolf's Head Society, by the Phelps Trust Association in 1883. Over 300 alumni with the rising seniors sought to counter the dominance of Skull and Bones in undergraduate and university affairs. The incorporati...
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