Brookline High School
Alice Murphy
Alice Murphy appears in the 1926 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 17 Englewood.\venue. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1926
171 in the class of 1926 · 310 more named Murphy
- Full name
- Alice Murphy
- Lived at
- 17 Englewood.\venue, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1926
- Headed for
- Wellesley
- Ambition
- “To write something worth printing”
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In context
This site lists 171 people from the Brookline High School class of 1926; sorted by surname, Alice comes 108th. Turning the scan to page 59 shows Alice; the portraits we read from this book run from page 26 to page 80. Alice shared “Class Day Dance” with 16 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. “Wellesley” is Alice's plan after graduation; 36 of 60 classmates with a printed plan (60%) named a college or university. Plans for a college or university made up 68% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (36 of 53), against 71% in 1925 and 75% in 1927.
| On the same scan page | Helen Elizabeth Moreland |
|---|---|
| Same club | Glee Club: 10 other classmates |
| Same club | Class Day Dance: 16 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 36 of 60 classmates with a plan (60%) |
| Same first name | Alice: 4 other people in the class |
At home, 17 Englewood.\venue
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Murphy at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Alphonsus J Murphy (wife Isabelle W), ins B householderpage
What Alice did at school
- . Ilpha I’i '25-’26 Interscholastic Debating Team ’25-’26
- Glee Club 231
- Secretary ’25, President ’26
- Four Minute Speaker 153
- Prize Speaking ’25-’26
- Winner ’26
- Girls' Debating Club 6
- Girls' Senate 7
- Secretary ’25
- Class Day Dance 173
- French Play 17
- Dramatics 213
- Year Book Committee 68
- Secretary
- Class Day Aide ’25 208
- Girls' League 474
- Sagamore 153
- Staff ’25-’26
- Home Representative Year Book ’26
- Home Room Representative French Club ’25 460
- Senior Advisor ’26
- I'rcnch Club ’25-’26, Secretary ’26
- Class Poet ’26
Fellow members from Alice's own class:
The class of 1926
Marjorie MorkBrookline 1926
Mildred F. MurphyBrookline 1926
Helen Elizabeth MorelandBrookline 1926
Andrew MurrayBrookline 1926
Eleanor MitchellBrookline 1926
Kathleen T. MurrayBrookline 1926
Other people named Alice Murphy in the archive
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Others named Murphy
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Harold S. MurphySoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
John Henry MurphyWinchester 1930
Joseph William MurphyWinchester 1930
Mary Alberta MurphyWinchester 1930
Mary MurphyArlington 1928
Joseph MurphyArlington 1930
Also headed for Wellesley
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1926, page 59.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1926broo).
Published 1926, 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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