Editing Scroll and Key (section)

==History==
Scroll and Key was established by [[John Addison Porter]], with aid from several members of the Class of 1842 (including [[Leonard Case Jr.]] and [[Theodore Runyon]]) and a member of the Class of 1843 (William L. Kingsley), after disputes over elections to [[Skull and Bones Society]]. Kingsley is the namesake of the alumni organization, the Kingsley Trust Association (KTA), incorporated years after its founding.
[[File:Scroll and Key 1866 delegation Yale College.jpg|thumb|Members of the 1866 delegation]]
Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg wrote that "up until as recent a date as 1860, Keys had great difficulty in making up its crowd, rarely being able to secure the full fifteen upon the night of giving out its elections." However, the society was on the upswing: "the old order of things, however, has recently come to an end, and Keys is now in possession of a hall far superior...not only to Bones hall but to any college-society hall in America."<ref>''Four years at Yale''. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, C.C. Chatfield & Co, 1871. p. 158.</ref>

In addition to financing its activities, Scroll and Key has made significant donations to Yale over the years. The [[John Addison Porter#John Addison Porter Prize|John Addison Porter Prize]], awarded annually since 1872, and in 1917 the endowment for the founding of the [[Yale University Press]], which has funded the publication of ''The Yale Shakespeare'' and sponsored the [[Yale Series of Younger Poets]], are gifts from "Keys".