The Cornell navy : a review . them upon their shoulders up and down in front of the grandstand. Upontheir return to Saratoga the wildest demonstration ensued, and the Cornell oarsmen were theheroes of the hour. A great dinner was given to them at which were present the captains ofall the crews. A palace car was provided for the trip home, and the journey was like atriumphal procession. At Ithaca a great arch had been erected on the campus, and the townturned out en masse to join in the w^elcome. There have been various versions given as to the origin of the present Cornell yell. Onehas it that
The Cornell navy : a review . them upon their shoulders up and down in front of the grandstand. Upontheir return to Saratoga the wildest demonstration ensued, and the Cornell oarsmen were theheroes of the hour. A great dinner was given to them at which were present the captains ofall the crews. A palace car was provided for the trip home, and the journey was like atriumphal procession. At Ithaca a great arch had been erected on the campus, and the townturned out en masse to join in the w^elcome. There have been various versions given as to the origin of the present Cornell yell. Onehas it that it was first given at the finish of the Freshman race ; another that it burst forthspontaneously when the news came to the stand in the Varsity race that Cornell was leading 17 at the half-mile stake. As amatter of fact, no organized yellwas given by the thirty or fortyCornellians in the stand duringthe time of the races. It wasw^hile covering the three or fourmiles to Saratoga that variousyells ?were tried, one of w^
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