Melrose High School

Chester Ollikainen “Ollikain”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Chester Ollikainen (“Ollikain”) among 195 graduates in the class of 1932. The entry gives: came from Washington School; headed for Yale; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1932 yearbook, page 72.

Class of 1932

195 in the class of 1932 · 1 more named Ollikainen

Full name: Chester Ollikainen
Known as: Ollikain
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1932
Came from: Washington School
Headed for: Yale

Also searched as: Ollikain Ollikainen; Ollikainen, Chester.

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Classmates 194
Same schools 47

In context

Chester Ollikainen is number 123 of 195 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1932 on this site. Chester is printed on page 72 of the scan, in the last third of the 15-to-99 run of portrait pages. Chester did not arrive alone from Washington School: 45 other graduates name it too. Chester's plan is printed as “Yale”, which counts here as a college or university; 26 of the 70 classmates who named a plan (37%) named the same kind. Among first names, the class of 1932 favours Eleanor (9), Barbara (6) and Dorothy (6); the class of 1934 had Henry (5) and Robert (5).

On the same scan page	Gerald O'Neil, Dorothy Palmer
Same earlier school	Washington School: 45 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 26 of 70 classmates with a plan (37%)

What Chester did at school

Hi-Y (2), (3), (4)
Debating Club (3)
Glee Club (2), (3), (4)
“School Life” (3), (4)
Traffic Squad (4)
Operetta (2), (3), (4)
President, Glee Club (3)
Treasurer of Class (3), (4)
Year Book Com. (4)
Junior Prom Com. (3)

What the yearbook said

Four years ago this splendid young man entered these portals of knowledge, seeking with us an education. He had graduated from the Washington School in 1924, and spent the four intervening years working for a local concern. A pleasant fellow to meet, very friendly and always ready to help another, he is popular around the school and outside. He takes part in many of the extra-curricula activities; namely, the Glee Club, of which he was president last year, and Hi-Y. He also has had the distinction of being our class treasurer for two successive years. He is a good student and has a desire to attend Yale in the fall. We wish him the best of luck.

The class of 1932

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Also came from Washington School

Also headed for Yale

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1932, page 72. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1932melr).

Published 1932. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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