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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.

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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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THE cLAss OF 1s94. Charles Frederic Crawford first attracted atten- tion at Rockford, Ill., April 25, 1872, at 2:43 P. M. Spent his life mostly in Chicago, but has been in Westville once. His father, Charles Crawford, is a dealer in stocks. An uncle in Yale '76, S., and two uncles have graduated from Amherst. Traces his ancestry to the anthropoid ape and, therefore, he says, he is an ape-ology for a man. His blood is Scotch, Irish and Malay. Had an ancestor hung for highway robbery, also Char1ie's Aunt. George Marshall Crawford began his fruitful career at Empora, Kas., july Io, 1872. His father is Samuel J. Crawford, and has twice been Govenor of Kansas. Traces his ancestry to 1700 and is of Scotch, Irish and English blood. He also tells us that one of his renowned ancestors was hung for highway robbery early in this century. Ferdinand Swift Crosley was born at Muncie, Ind., january 23, 1872, and has spent his life in Europe and the United States. His father is Rev. Marion Crosley, a distinguished preacher. Traces his ances- try to the time of the Revolutionary War and has English, French 'and Dutch blood in his veins. Walter Barnes Cruttenden began life at East River, Conn., january 27, 1873, and he has spent most of his life there. His father, S. D. Cruttenden, is a grocer. He has a brother that graduated at Union College, New York. He traces his ancestry to the settlement of Guilford, Conn., and the blood in his veins is of various shades and nationalities. He is the tallest man in the class. l