NATION IN BRIEF : CONNECTICUT : Yale Group to Vote on Women Members

Members of Skull and Bones, the oldest and most prestigious secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., will vote next month on whether to admit women to the all-male club. The vote by the 700 members is an attempt to resolve the divisive issue without having to face a showdown in court. Conservative columnist William F. Buckley Jr. and seven other Skull and Bones members had obtained a temporary injunction from a Superior Court judge stalling plans for the induction of women. Buckley’s group contends that the club’s governing board subverted tradition by admitting women. A hearing was scheduled for Monday but was called off to give members a chance to settle the issue among themselves.