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THE CLASS OF 1894. Pratt Anthony Brown first saw the light at Dub- lin, Bibb County, Georgia, September 6, 1874, 6 o'clock A. M., and has spent most of his life at Macon, Ga. His father, William W. Brown, is in the insurance business. He traces his ancestry to the landing of the Huguenot refugees in South Carolina. French and American blood in his veins, and he says that if he has any distinguished relatives he has never met them. Albert Henry Buck comes from Wilmington, Del- aware, and was born March 9, 1873. His father was Dr. C. Elton Buck, a chemist and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of '52, who has held various public offices and among them Presi- dent of the Board of Education. His ancestry is traced to one who arrived in this country from Eng- land about 168o. French and English blood in about equal proportions keeps the machine going. Charles Herbert Buell began life at Brooklyn, N. Y., December 17, 1871, and has spent most of his life there. His father, Charles S. Buell, is a manufact- urer. He traces his ancestry, with one or two breaks, back to the anthropoid ape, but he doesn't give us any idea of the kind of blood through which all this tracing is made, though we are sure he is not a representative of Borneo. Henry Walter Bunn, our 'tclass infant, came before the World at Morris, Otsego County, N. Y., May 29, 1875, and with the exception of five years spent in China, he has lived his life in the Empire State. His father, Rev. A. C. Bunn, is a minister and is mentioned as a distinguished relative. The aforesaid 'finfantn was formerly amember of the class of ,94 Columbia College and changed for Yale at the beginning of our Senior year.

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V w.A, -,,. 6 YALE '94 CLASS BOOK. Samuel Palmer Brooks was born in'Mil1edgevi11e, I Ga., December 4, 1863. Since 1863 has lived in Texas T where he has undergone many of the hardships of i frontier life. He learned to mark and brand i Texas yearlings and ride mustang ponies long before he was initiated into the mysteries of common frac- tions. Has since joined the Baptist church, Masonic Lodge and Democratic party. His father, S. E. u . Brooks, B.A., fUnion Universityj has long been a U11SS10H21ry pastor in the Lone Star State. Can trace his an- cestry to I62I and is of English-French blood. V ' 1- Alphonso Bickford Brown, born at Dover, N. H., january 23, 1872. His father, Elisha Rhodes Brown, . , , is a banker and is not a college graduate. He traces 1 1' his ancestry on his father's side to Chad Brown of f Providence, I63O, and to Roger Williams. Good 4- if ig ',', H . lt pure English blood runs in his veins. General V V' Rhodes of Providence is mentioned as a distin- guished relative. Q james Crosby Brown hails from New York City, where he was born September 28, 187 2. His father, john Crosby Brown, is a banker, and is a graduate of Columbia College, class of '59. The following relatives are graduates or members of Yale: His great grandfather, john Adams, class of I795, grand- father, W. M. Adams, '27g uncle, T. M. Adams, '56, 1 a brother, '86, and one now in '97g cousins in '91 S, ' '95 S, '95, and lots of other classes. Traces his an- cestry to the sixteenth century, and his blood is Irish, English and Scotch. Among his distinguished relatives are Gov. Wil- liam Bradford, john Adams and john Quincy Adams. I james Elwyn Brown was born at Kittanning, Pa., March 17, 1873, and has since lived there and at Pittsburgh. His paternal, james Elwyn Brown, a banker and iron manufacturer. Some of the rela- tives who are graduates or members of Yale are J. H. Painter '86, I. C. Neale, '91 S., and J. B. Neale '96. 1 He doesn't trace his ancestry, or at least he did not favor us with any remarks on this subject. He has L many distinguished relatives-too numerous to mention. 1 1 6 513 Q .. V , Q x - it

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s YALE '94 cLAss BooK. Frank Scott Bunnell is the son of Rufus W. Bun- nell, an architect. The place of his nativity is Strat- . 'l ,. ford, Fairfield County, Conn., and the date of his A. birth October 2, 1872. One of his great-grand- ff . - 1, fathers graduated in the class of 1797 and another - - in the class of 1804, and he also had an ,uncle in 64 wi J , - , , . f and a brother in '91 S. He also had a cousin in Rut- ' I gers '87, Ancestry traceable to 1639. English, M Scotch, Welsh, French, Norse blood in his veins. fSome of this, he says, is well filteredi. Captain John Mason was a distinguished relative and too many others to mention. Calvin Burr was born April 21, 1872, at Auburn, N. Y. His father is Charles Porter Burr, retired. Many of his relatives are Yale graduates and among them are Nelson Beardsley, '27, H. Woodruff, '63, Alonzo Beardsley, jr., '75, Porter Beardsley, '86, and N. B. Burr, '93 S. He traces his ancestry to one generation before Adam and Eve and his blood is A Dutch and English. Nelson Beardsley Burr is a ' distinguished relative. john Cadwallader, jr., was born in the Quaker 1 -1 , 1 City, February 24, 1874. His father, john Cadwal- lader, is a lawyer, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of '62, His father has been col- lector of the Port of Philadelphia. Many relatives on father's side have graduated from University of Pennsylvania and many on his mother's side have graduated at Harvard. He traces his ancestry far ' ' enough for respectability, and is of Welsh, English :md Scotch blood. ku v V -1 '. ,' , 2. E. -.' ' I if , Walter Reid Callender made his debut in Provi- dence, R. I., February 28, 1872, and since that time his life has been fmisl spent in Providence, New Haven and Hampden. His father, Walter Callender, is in the dry goods business. Traces his ancestry only to his maternal ancestor. His blood is prin- cipally of the Scotch sort, and Cal says he is the only distinguished member of the family. ,- ,... .. .