Word: cooks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...banquet given by the Yale men in honor of Robert J. Cook on Saturday $3000 was subscribed towards a new gymnasium for Yale...
...took place in the gymnasium at 2.30 p.m. The crowd was enormous, all the available room being occupied by the spectators. The following are the records made in each event: Standing high jump - F. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 8in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 7in. Putting the shot - Cook, '89, 34ft. 10 1/4in.; Wagenhurst, '88, second. Tug-of-war - in the first pull '89 and '90 tied, and in second, '90 won by two inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight...
...class, the rest being chosen the following year. The origin of the name is as follows: In the year 1795, while the students were living together in commons, a member of the class of 1797, who was suffering from ill-health, hired an old lady living near by to cook him regularly some hasty pudding, thinking that this diet would be beneficial to him. As he seemed to thrive under this treatment, a number of his classmates tried the same experiment. The result was that the dish grew in popularity and the "Pudding Men," as they were styled, met each...
...large dining-room of the Hotel Brunswick, in New York, was gaily decorated with blue bunting on Saturday night, the occasion being the grand banquet tendered to Captain Robert J. Cook of the class of '76, by the graduates of Yale in recognition of his extraordinary services in behalf of the University crew. Captain Cook rowed on the University Crew in 1872, which was defeated. He then came to the conclusion that he could obtain some good points from the English University crews and accordingly paid a visit to Oxford and Cambridge in '73, with a view to learning their...
...Yale alumni are to give a complimentary dinner to Captain Robert J. Cook, '76, Yale's most famous oarsman, on February 19, as an expression of their appreciation of his unselfish devotion and valuable service so generously given to the interests of boating at our university. The letter of invitation is signed by fifty-one graduates, among whom are Henry E. Howland '54; Alexander H. Stevens, '54; Mason Young, '60; George A. Adee, '67; Allen W. Evarts, '69; Arthur M. Dodge, '74; Walter C. Camp...