Boston Latin School

Arthur Henry Rourke “Rookie”

Class of 1927, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts: Arthur Henry Rourke (“Rookie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Washington Allston School; headed for Brown; activities listed: Senior Class Play. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 374.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 10 more named Rourke

Full name: Arthur Henry Rourke
Known as: Rookie
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Washington Allston School
Headed for: Brown

Also searched as: Rookie Rourke; Art Rourke; Arthur Rourke; Arthur H. Rourke.

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Clubs & teams 5
Same surname 8
Classmates 121
Same schools 7

In context

Of the 122 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Arthur's is 93rd alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 374 shows Arthur; the portraits we read from this book run from page 347 to page 381. Arthur's plan is printed as “Brown”, which counts here as a college or university; 92 of the 100 classmates who named a plan (92%) named the same kind. The first name Arthur appears 24 times in the 8 Boston Latin School classes read for this site (1926 to 1945), most often in 1940 (6). Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1927, and John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5) in the class of 1926.

On the same scan page	Nathan Norman Rotman, Bernard Joseph Rubenstein, Samuel Rubenstein
Same club	Senior Class Play: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 92 of 100 classmates with a plan (92%)
The book's own title	Latin School Register

What Arthur did at school

Senior Class Play 6

Fellow members from Arthur's own class:

What the yearbook said

Let there be light.

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 374. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_5).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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