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The University Club of Chicago is a private social club located at 76 East Monroe Street at the corner of Michigan Avenue & Monroe Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It received its charter in 1887, when a group of college friends, principally alumni of Harvard , Yale , and Princeton , founded the club hoping to further their collegial ties ...
The Yale Club of New York City, founded in 1897, the world's largest gentlemen's club. The following is a list of notable traditional gentlemen's clubs in the United States, including those that are now defunct. Historically, these clubs were exclusively for men, [1] but most (though not all) now admit women.
Rogers' front facade of the Yale Club of New York City. James Gamble Rogers (March 3, 1867 – October 1, 1947) was an American architect. A proponent of what came to be known as Collegiate Gothic architecture, he is best known for his academic commissions at Yale University , Columbia University , Northwestern University , and elsewhere.
The Old Trinity Club is rumored to have started when an editor-in-chief of the Duke Chronicle was passed up for membership and decided to create his rival society. The Old Trinity Club is the most visible society on campus today, as its members are seen walking around campus wearing black graduation gowns and sunglasses on certain days of the year.
Shortly after Torrio left for Chicago, in 1909, Ioele "Americanized" his last name to Yale. Despite his medium height and chubby build, Yale was a fearsome fistfighter and thief. In 1910, at age 17, Yale and a friend, a wrestler named Bobby Nelson, severely beat several men during a fight in the Coney Island pool hall, which involved cracking ...
Following the club's bankruptcy and the loss of the original Downtown Athletic Club building, [10] the Yale Club of New York City assumed presenting honors in 2002 and 2003. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The ceremony was moved to the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square for the 2002, 2003, and 2004 presentations.
The 1893 team featured Heffelfinger, Yale, Laurie Bliss, and five players from the University Club. [4] In 1893 at the Chicago World's Fair, the Chicago A. A. played one of the first night football games against West Point (the earliest being on September 28, 1892, between Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary). Chicago won the game 14–0.
Engineers'Club, Manhattan, Julian L. Yale was a member in 1891 along with Andrew Carnegie, one of its benefactors. Yale was a member of the Blue Book and Social Register of Chicago, and was recorded living at 9 Ritchie Court with his sister Madeline Yale Wynne, wife of Senator Henry Winn.