Boston Latin School

Francis James Moylan “Musty”

Francis James Moylan (“Musty”) was one of 122 graduates in the class of 1927 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Edward Everett School; headed for Holy Cross; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 370.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 8 more named Moylan

Full name: Francis James Moylan
Known as: Musty
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Edward Everett School
Headed for: Holy Cross

Also searched as: Musty Moylan; Frank Moylan; Francis Moylan; Francis J. Moylan.

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Same surname 6
Classmates 121
Same schools 20

In context

Of the 122 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 that have pages here, Francis is 77th in surname order. In the scan, Francis appears on page 370, in the last third of the run of 122 portraits read for this site (pages 347 to 381). Francis's plan is printed as “Holy Cross”, which counts here as a college or university; 92 of the 100 classmates who named a plan (92%) named the same kind. Across 11 classes of Boston Latin School on this site, from 1919 to 1945, 48 people are named Francis; the class of 1940 has the most, 9. Of the 95 plans printed for the class of 1927 that name a kind of next step, 92 (97%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 98% in 1926 and 98% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Donald Francis Mulcahy, Leo Clayton Mulloney
Same kind of plan	college or university: 92 of 100 classmates with a plan (92%)
Same first name	Francis: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	Latin School Register

What Francis did at school

Manager of Football, 1927

What the yearbook said

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

The class of 1927

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Others named Moylan

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

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Also came from Edward Everett School

Also headed for Holy Cross

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 370. 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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