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.
In 1770, a group of Franciscan monks settled in what would become the greater Los Angeles area, on a hillside that would become the site of Cal State L.A. Los Angeles State College was not founded until 1947 through an act of legislature, and the first graduating class was in 1948. In 1964, the institution was renamed California State College at Los Angeles and became part of the new California State College system. The current name was adopted in 1972.