Brookline High School

Herman H. Wise “Professor, Prof”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Herman H. Wise (“Professor, Prof”) among 251 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: General course; lived at 90 Fuller Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 103.

Class of 1930

251 in the class of 1930 · 12 more named Wise

Full name: Herman H. Wise
Known as: Professor, Prof
Lived at: 90 Fuller Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Course: General
Ambition: “To go to places”
Pastime: “It’s a secret”

Also searched as: Herman Wise; Wise, Herman.

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Neighbours 25
Same surname 1
Classmates 250

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 251 names from the Brookline High School class of 1930, Herman stands 249th. Turning the scan to page 103 shows Herman; the portraits we read from this book run from page 35 to page 103. General was the course of 61 out of 237 classmates who printed one (26%), including Herman. Plans for a college or university made up 76% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1930 (68 of 89), against 76% in 1929 and 79% in 1931.

On the same scan page	Geraldine Wilson, Charles I. Wolf, Alyce J. Woods
Same course	General: 61 of 237 classmates with a course (26%)

At home, 90 Fuller Street

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Wise at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Josiah Wise (wife Lena), real estate B householderpage

The Wise household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Why should life all labor be?

Also grew up on Fuller Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Wise

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

George Florry WiseFitchburg 1908

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 103. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1930broo).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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