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YALE '98 CLASS Book. ABRAHAM BURTIS BAYLIS 7 Bram, Babb1er Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., October 29th, 1875. He prepared at the Brooklyn Latin School and came to Yale to swell the '98 Brooklyn tide. His father was Abraham Burtis Baylis. CLIFFORD EDWARD LIVINGSTON BEAR Chesterfield, Sprocket Was born in junius, N. Y., january 31st, 1878, but later pedaled to Lyons, N. Y., where he now lives. I-Ie prepared at the Lyons Union School, and is the son of Albert E. Bear. NORMAN BUCKINGHAM BEECHER -f Milk, ff Windy Struck Hillsboro, O., the zzd of july, 1877, where he has since resided. He claims to combine a high strain of Irish kings' blood with a little honest blacksmith's. His father, George B. Beecher, is a minister and a Yale graduate, Class of '61, A grandfather and great- grandfather had the same luck, and cousins and uncles favored Harvard and Amherst with their presence. Andover prepared the present generation, making it four straight.

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THE Cl.Ass. ASHBEL HINMAN BARNEY Arabella, Ash-barrel Was born at Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, july 29th, 1876, and prepared for Yale at Groton. His father, Charles T. Barney, Williams '7o, is a banker in New York City. Two uncles and two cousins have ,graduated at Yale. ARTHUR HENRY BARTLETT Iceberg Was born in Plainville, Conn., june zd, 1877, and has since spent his life on the fence. He prepared at '-the Plainville High School and came to Yale, in his own language, to poke up his innate ideas. Incidentally he has shown to a remarkable degree how a man can put himself through college by his own efforts. His father, Henry L. Bartlett, is a merchant. SAMUEL ELIOT BASSETT Sam, Plato 'Our crack orator and scholar, was born August nth, 1873, in Wilton, Conn., where he has since lived. His father, Benjamin F. Bassett, Yale '47, was a physician. An uncle, two cousins and some more distant relatives have graduated here. Wilton Academy and Hopkin's Grammar School prepared him for Yale.

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THE CLASS. ENOCH FRYE BELL ff Nom, H Keno f' Was born at North Hadley, Mass., May 26th, I874, and has since contined his residence to New England. His father, james M. Bell, is a clergyman, a graduate of New York University, Class of '54, Enoch had his eye on Dwight Hall and prepared at Exeter. WILLIAM PARK BENJAMIN Sparrow, Wobbler, Auris Waggishly known as H Sparrow, first showed his paces at New London, November zzd, 1874. His father, Charles A. Benjamin, is a dry-goods merchant of that place. Sparrow prepared at his local High School and came to Yale H because he knew most about it. BURNHAM CARTER BENNER Burn, Ham, Cart, Ben 7 Was born May 6th, 1877, in Springfield, Mo., and has always lived in the West. He prepared, so he says, at Wellesley. His father is a teacher, and a graduate of Amherst '69, while a mother, sister, and aunt got de- grees at Mt. Holyoke.