Over the years, Bones has included presidents, cabinet officers, spies, Supreme Court justices, captains of industry, and often their sons and lately their daughters, a social and political network like no other.
这些年来， 骷髅会的成员包括总统、内阁成员、间谍、最高法院法官、商界精英，以及他们的子女。 这样一个社会政治关系网是别的团体无法与之相比的。
The emblem of Skull and Bones is a skull with crossed bones, over the number "322". One legend is that 322 stands for "founded in '32, 2nd corps"，referring to a first Corps in an unknown German university. Others suggest that 322 refers to the death of Demosthenes.
骷髅会的会标是一个人类头盖骨和两节肢骨，上面撰写着阿拉伯数字"322"。一个传说是"32"表示成立于1832年，后面的"2"表示德国骷髅会的第二部分。 另外一种说法是"322"代表着德伯斯梯尼死亡的时间。
During the senior year each Skull and Bones class meets every Thursday and Sunday night. The goal of the activities is to develop deep friendship and connections with your fellow members and to explore ideas that allow for personal and collective growth. There are innumerable human skulls and bones in the，tomb which of course is illegal under Connecticut law. Bones members are reported to be forced to reveal their innermost secrets and their "sexual biography" to one another. It has been suggested that this may be used for blackmailing.
骷髅会的成员在大四的时候每周四和周日的晚上都要见面。活动的目的是为了使会员之间发展深厚的友谊并增强联系，通过彼此交流意见促进个人和集体的发展。在骷髅会的墓中有很多的头骨和肢骨，这是康州的法律所不允许的。据称骷髅会的成员必须向其他成员报告自己内心深处的秘密以及性史。有人认为之所以这样做是为了便于日后成员间可以相互威胁。

Members are assigned nicknames . "Long Devil" is assigned to the tallest member. Many of the chosen names are drawn from literature ("Hamlet")，from religion and from myth. George H. W. Bush was "Magog," a name reserved for a member considered to have the most sexual experience. George W. Bush, unable to decide, was temporarily called "Temporary"，and the name was never changed.
会员都有自己的绰号。例如，个子最高的会员被叫做"长魔"，很多的绰号都是从文学作品（如哈姆雷特）、宗教或神话中得来的。老布什的绰号是"梅格戈"。据称, 最会跟异性打交道的人才能获得这个绰号。至于小布什，他当时无法决定叫什么绰号, 于是人们就称他为"临时"。这个称号就一直保留了下来。
Skull and Bones' place in popular culture is significant, since, although it is a "secret society"，it is probably the best known college secret society in America, as can be seen from the recurring references to it in all kinds of media.
尽管骷髅会是一个秘密组织，但是它在大众文化中却占有非常重要的地位。它可能是美国最为知名的大学秘密团体，受到很多媒体的密切关注。