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THE CLASS on 1s94. William Henry Clark began to entertain his friends at Saginaw, Mich., September 3, 1872. His father, William H. Clark, is a merchant. He does not trace his ancestry, but only remarks that his pedigree was lost in the Chicago fire. His blood is English and Dutch, with plenty of each kind. Ward Robinson Clarke appears on the scene at Cherokee, Iowa, March 9, 1872. His father, Leroy Clarke, is a farmer. Traces his ancestry on paternal side to Lords of England and on maternal side to john Robinson, pastor for the Pilgrims. john Alden was a later ancestor. His blood is English,- you know. His renowned relatives are Hon. Gay- lord Clarke, formerly U. S. District judge in Texas, and Rev. Horatio Clarke, D.D., of Binghamton. Alexander Sessums Cleveland, born at Houston, Texas, September 11, I87I. His father, William D. Cleveland, is a wholesale grocer and cotton factor. He entered the class at the beginning of our junior year and during ourlast vacation he took B.A. from the University of the South His blood is English. Grover Cleveland is a distinguished relative. William Davis Cleveland, jr., brother of the above, was born in Toronto, Canada, August 2, 1873, but has spent most of his life in the Lone Star State. Traces his ancestry many years and loses sight of it among the noble English. He is also a graduate of the University of the South, class of '93, and entered at the beginning of our Senior year.

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lil AI ' V' w '41 . V . vi, ,pf s ., 7 . .1 v , f-4 fir' u. - ' , v' . , . ,, Y YALE '94 CLASS BOOK. john Payson Chamberlain was born at Seneca Falls, N. Y., March 3, 1869. His father, Harrison Chamberlain, is a. manufacturer and graduated from Genesee College fnow Syracuse Universityj in the class of '59. Traces his ancestry to the Knights of Sankerville, Norman Knights, who came to England with William the Conqueror. His blood is English, Dutch and a little mite of the French mixture. Frederick Shepard Chapman was born at that old and Yale-renowned town of Saybrook, Conn., August 11, 1871. His father, Robert Chapman, is a farmer, and has been a representative in State Legis- lature and selectman. Relatives graduated from Yale in ,73, '79 and '84, His ancestry on the mother's side runs back to Kehelm Winslow, brother of Edward Winslow of Mayflower fame. He has Eng- lish blood. Frank Herbert Chase was born at Portland, Maine, April zz, I87O. His father is Hazen M. Chase, retired, was formerly a manufacturer of shoes. Traces his ancestry to Aquilar Chase, who came to Salem, Mass., soon after I63O, and Thomas Hale, who came to this country about the same time. His blood is English with just a dash of Scotch and Irish. Distinguished relatives are Daniel Webster and Salmon P. Chase. William Genung Chase began a winning career at jerusalem, N. Y., February 19, 1869. His father, Birdsall Chase, is a merchant, and has been post- master and held other public offices. Traces ances- try back to three brothers, who came to America in early colonial times. His blood is English, Dutch and French. Salmon P. Chase is a distinguished relative.

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I2 lf . Zi' .. f ' A . 52115 i v,4 , N lish gore YALE '94 CLASS BOOK. Thomas Cochran, jr., is a native of St. Paul, Minn., where he was born March zo, 1871. His father, Thomas Cochran, is a broker, and is agraduate of the University of the Cityof New York, class of '63. His relatives have all gone to Princeton. He traces his ancestry ten yards fno lossl and afterwards makes a touchdown. His blood is Scotch, Irish and Yankee, the latter partially blue. joseph Platt Cooke hails from Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, where he was born December 15, 1870, and has spent his life in Honolulu, California and the East. His father, Joseph Platt Cooke, is a graduate of Yale, class of '63. joseph P. Cooke 1750, joseph P. Cooke '57, and Joseph P. Cooke '63, are among the relatives who have graduated from Yale. Traces his ancestry to William the Conqueror, Earl of wick, etc. His blood is unadulterated English. VVar- William Clayton Crafts was born at Austin, Cook His Co., Ill., january 18, 1873, at 2 o'clock A. M. father, Clayton E. Crafts, a lawyer, is a B.A. of Hiram College fOhioj, and L.L.B. of Union Law School at Cleveland, Ohio. The paternal has been State Representative in Illinois. Traces ancestry back to Gov. Winthrop's colony in Massachusetts. 1630, and the blood is English. Among his famous relatives are Samuel T. Crafts, Governor of Vermont, and Major Wm. Crafts of Revolutionary War fame. Erastus Milo Cravath, Jr., was born at Lincoln, Pa., August 24, 1872. His father, Erastus Milo Cravath, president of Fisk University at Nashville, Tennessee, is a graduate of Oberlin with the degrees M.A. and D.D. Relatives who are graduates or members of Yale are Caleb S. jackson '94, and H. T. jackson ,93, S., and from other colleges his rela- tives are numerous. Traces his ancestry back to 1661, and his blood is a mixture of French and Eng- With a dash of Welsh. Distinguished relative- cravatte maker to His Royal Highness Louis XIV.