The process can last weeks, giving rising seniors much to speculate about long before Tap Night becomes a reality. With the proliferation of new societies in recent years, the tap tradition - once confined to a single evening of membership offers and induction ceremonies - has developed into an intricate system of interviews, pre-taps and initiations. But long before Tap Night - anywhere from a night to one month before - many prospective members interviewed said they generally knew which societies would be tapping them. “It’s a secret,” a masked student sitting on Old Campus said when questioned about what she was doing. Both Scroll and Key and Skull and Bones whisked off juniors in swanky black limos. Members of Wolf’s Head howled periodically throughout the night. Costumed bands of students hurtled across campus, going through the motions to gain acceptance into one of Yale’s senior societies, the groups of roughly 15 students who meet every Thursday and Sunday evening in their last year of college.Īmong the juniors strung out along Elm and High streets yesterday evening was a lady dressed as “Sailor Moon,” a man decked in a rhinestone petticoat and another dressed as Little Bo Peep. Last night was cold and clear, but it certainly wasn’t quiet.
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