Nicholas Roberts, graduate of Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in the class of 1901, has done much for his alma mater. In 1918, risen to be vice president of famed S. W. Straus & Co., the bondhouse that advertised "44 Years Without a Loss to Any Investor," he rallied the spirits of Eli with a great party for the Yale football team, "win, lose or draw," in his barn at Montclair, N. J. Nick Roberts' barn party speedily became a famed annual event. To it was added an additional ceremony, the presentation of a bowl...
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