Cambridge High and Latin School

Benjamin Wollins “Ben Benny Wally”

Benjamin Wollins (“Ben Benny Wally”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for Milton Academy, Harvard; activities listed: Track and Cross Country; lived at 183 River Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 1 more named Wollins

Full name: Benjamin Wollins
Known as: Ben Benny Wally
Lived at: 183 River Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Milton Academy, Harvard

Also searched as: Ben Wollins; Wollins, Benjamin.

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Neighbours 28
Classmates 415
Same schools 86

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Benjamin is the 411th of 416 names on this site. Find Benjamin on page 133 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 are spread over pages 27 to 134. 41 other graduates came from Webster Grammar School, the school Benjamin is listed as coming from. River Street runs through 12 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site (1917 to 1930); 29 people list it. A college or university was the plan of 173 of 297 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (58%), compared with 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Susie Celine Yasigian, Frances Yassin, Evelyn Loretta Young
Same street	River Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 41 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

What Benjamin did at school

Track
Cross Country
Freshman Baseball
Freshman Basketball

What the yearbook said

He sits on these dark battlements and frowns.

Also grew up on River Street

The class of 1928

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 133. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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