Cambridge High and Latin School

Charles Madison Wilson, Jr. “Chick”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Charles Madison Wilson, Jr. (“Chick”) among 416 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: came from Houghton Grammar School; headed for Dartmouth; lived at 69 Putnam Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 132.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 186 more named Wilson

Full name: Charles Madison Wilson, Jr.
Known as: Chick
Lived at: 69 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Dartmouth

Also searched as: Charlie Wilson; Charles Wilson; Charles M. Wilson; Chuck Wilson.

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Neighbours 79
Same surname 131
Classmates 415
Same schools 55

In context

Of the 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, Charles is 407th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 132, near the end of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Charles runs through 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1915 to 1930), 60 people in all, and is most common in 1927 (9). Charles did not arrive alone from Houghton Grammar School: 12 other seniors name it too. 58% of the graduates in the class of 1928 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Helen Eunice Winning, Frances Winthrop, Gertrude Catherine Wolf
Same street	Putnam Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Charles: 5 other people in the class

What Charles did at school

Track, 1924
Swimming, 1923
Basketball, 1923–24
Cross Country, 1925–26, Captain, 1927

What the yearbook said

His idea of amusement and fun, Is taking part in a cross-country run.

Also grew up on Putnam Avenue

The class of 1928

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Others named Wilson

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Dartmouth

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 132. 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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