Cambridge High and Latin School
Alexander Paul Nichiporuk “Axel Al Alec”
Alexander Paul Nichiporuk (“Axel Al Alec”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Thorndike School; headed for Massachusetts Institute of Technology; lived at 284 Hurley Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 97.
Class of 1929
421 in the class of 1929 · 2 more named Nichiporuk
- Full name
- Alexander Paul Nichiporuk
- Known as
- Axel Al Alec
- Lived at
- 284 Hurley Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Came from
- Thorndike School
- Headed for
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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In context
This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Alexander comes 286th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 97, in the last third of the stretch from page 25 to page 132 where this site found the book's portraits. Alexander's “Massachusetts Institute of Technology” falls in the same group as 174 of the 364 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. Counting Alexander, 6 people in the class are listed as coming from Thorndike School. Of the 308 plans printed for the class of 1929 that name a kind of next step, 174 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | James Francis Nagle, Lillian Elizabeth Newman, Elizabeth Ann Nixon |
|---|---|
| Same earlier school | Thorndike School: 5 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%) |
| The book's own title | The Cambridge Review |
At home, 284 Hurley Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Nichiporuk at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
What the yearbook said
M. I. T. is his goal At winning honors he won't be slow.
Also grew up on Hurley Street
The class of 1929
Lillian Elizabeth NewmanCambridge 1929
Elizabeth Ann NixonCambridge 1929
James Francis NagleCambridge 1929
Francis James NolanCambridge 1929
Margaret Agnes MurrayCambridge 1929
Eleanor Barbara NoonanCambridge 1929
Also came from Thorndike School
Angelo BuonoRindge Technical School 1931
Edward J. FinnCambridge 1917
Alice Ruth OrchardCambridge 1918
Edith BaronCambridge 1925
Mary Regina BrombergerCambridge 1925
Maude Katherine IrvingCambridge 1925
Also headed for Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 97.
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Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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