Melrose High School

Earle Rankin

Earle Rankin, Melrose High School class of 1938 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Calvin Coolidge School; headed for University of Maine; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 8 more named Rankin

Full name: Earle Rankin
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Headed for: University of Maine

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Same surname 4
Classmates 276
Same schools 102

In context

This site lists 277 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938; sorted by surname, Earle comes 206th. Turning the scan to page 79 shows Earle; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. College or university was the plan of 54 of the 120 classmates who printed one (45%), and Earle is listed with “University of Maine”. 68 other classmates came from Calvin Coolidge School, the school Earle is listed as coming from. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1938 has 277 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Edward M. Ramsey Jr, Virginia F. Rand, Herbert D. Reynolds
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What Earle did at school

Cloak and Plume (1)
Masque and Wig (2, 3, 4)
Rifle Club (4)

What the yearbook said

Earle has been outstanding for his work in dramatics, having been in many school plays. He is bound for the University of Maine, where he will study agriculture. Earle likes outdoor life, hunting and fishing, and is an interesting conversationalist. No one would suspect from his natural, easy-going manner how ambitious he really is.

The class of 1938

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Others named Rankin

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

Also headed for University of Maine

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 79. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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