The members of this group vary widely in size and appearance but are generally characterized by their short tails, long necks, and rounded wings. Cranes, with their long legs and long necks, are the largest members of the Gruiformes; the sarus crane stands over five feet tall and has a wingspan of up to seven feet.
Known colloquially to students as the 7Csâor the 5Cs, when referring only to the undergraduate institutionsâthe Claremont Colleges were founded in 1925 when the all-graduate Claremont University College (now Claremont Graduate University) was established in addition to the older all-undergraduate Pomona College.
Misi n La Pur sima Concepci n De Mar a Sant sima (Mission of the Immaculate Conception of Most Holy Mary) was founded by Father Presidente Fermin de Lasu n on December 8, 1787 and was the 11th of 21 Franciscan Missions in California. Permanent missionaries and soldiers did not arrive at the site until March of 1788.