For those too young to read Cornell Class Notes prior to 1975, you might find this interesting: David Elenbaas '73 writes that, prior to his Cornell freshman year in 1969, he was on Reach for the Top, a high school quiz show developed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and produced across Canada. His team not only won the regional Toronto championship—moderated by a young man named Alex Trebek—but also the National Championship.
That freshman fall of 1969, CBC decided to have his team compete against schools from Hawaii, filmed and later televised across Canada. "This necessitated my having to take a two-week leave from my studies." Three years later, David was the goalie on the Big Red men's hockey team playing at Harvard when he heard a loud clucking sound coming from over his shoulder: a live chicken appeared and landed in his crease—and a tradition was born. "Fast forward a few years later and I am dressed as the back-up goalie to the Cornell great Ken Dryden '69 on the Montreal Canadiens."
That freshman fall of 1969, CBC decided to have his team compete against schools from Hawaii, filmed and later televised across Canada. "This necessitated my having to take a two-week leave from my studies." Three years later, David was the goalie on the Big Red men's hockey team playing at Harvard when he heard a loud clucking sound coming from over his shoulder: a live chicken appeared and landed in his crease—and a tradition was born. "Fast forward a few years later and I am dressed as the back-up goalie to the Cornell great Ken Dryden '69 on the Montreal Canadiens."
