Yale's six secret societies became a little more secret this week when the Yale News refused to publish the names of new members. Tap Day, that festivity when men would line up in a quad to be singled out for membership, is now also a thing of the past.
Roger D. Stone, chairman of the Yalie Daily, said last night that his paper's action was not a move to deemphasize the societies. "We only want to reorient public opinion," he said, "and combat the unfortunate prestige factors that have so long been a part of Yale."
With WYRB, the Yale Broadcasting Station, also withholding the information, the College will be without immediate notification of the tap lists for the first time in 76 years. The Yale Alumni Magazine and Comment, the serious literary undergraduate publication, will publish the lists, however, so all is not lost. Then, too, there's an outside chance that one of the new secret members might let the news slip to his acquaintances.
Read more in News
University Calendar
