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[[File:Scroll and Key Pin.jpg|thumb|Society pin]]
* At the close of Thursday and Sunday sessions, members are known to sing the "[[Troubadour]]" song on the front steps of the Society's hall, a remnant of the tradition of public singing at Yale.<ref>''Collision at Home Plate: The Lives of Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti''. [[James Reston]], U of Nebraska Press, 1997. p. 41. {{ISBN|0-8032-8964-2}}</ref><ref>''Four years at Yale''. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, C.C. Chatfield & Co, 1871. p. 163.</ref> The song (written in the 1820s by [[Thomas Haynes Bayly]]) was recorded by [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]] on his 1956 album, ''This Lusty Land'', as "Gaily the Troubador".
* In keeping with the practice of adopting secret letters or symbols such as [[Skull and Bones]]' "322," [[Manuscript Society|Manuscript]]'s "344," and [[The_Pundits|the Pundits]]' "T.B.I.Y.T.B," Scroll and Key is known to use the letters "C.S.P. and C.C.J."<ref name="Yale. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg 1871. p. 157">''Four years at Yale''. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, C.C. Chatfield & Co, 1871. p. 157.</ref>
* Members of the society sign letters to each other "YiT", as opposed to Skull and Bones' "yours in 322".<ref name="Yale. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg 1871. p. 157" />
* Outside of its [[Collegiate secret societies in North America#Tapping|tap]]-related activities, the society has been known to hold two major annual events called "Z Session".<ref name="Yale. Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg 1871. p. 157" />
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