Brookline High School
Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace, Brookline High School class of 1930 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Glee Club and German Club; lived at 179 Rawson Road.
Class of 1930
251 in the class of 1930 · 63 more named Wallace
- Full name
- Irving Wallace
- Lived at
- 179 Rawson Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1930
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Harvard
- Ambition
- “To out-write Bill Cunningham”
- Pastime
- “Writing up football games”
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 251 names from the Brookline High School class of 1930, Irving stands 238th. In the scan, Irving appears on page 100, near the end of the run of 251 portraits read for this site (pages 35 to 103). In the Brookline High School class of 1930, 30% of the 237 printed courses are College (72 people), Irving included. Irving's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 68 of the 118 classmates who named a plan (58%) named the same kind. The class of 1930 has 251 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 249 for 1929 and 273 for 1931.
| On the same scan page | Barbara W. Trott, J. Dexter Wade, Alice Walsh |
|---|---|
| Same club | Glee Club: 49 other classmates |
| Same club | German Club: 28 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 68 of 118 classmates with a plan (58%) |
| Same course | College: 72 of 237 classmates with a course (30%) |
| Same first name | Irving: 4 other people in the class |
At home, 179 Rawson Road
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Wallace at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
What Irving did at school
- Track Assistant Manager ’28 130
- Glee Club 231
- German Club 139
- French Club 460
- Sagamore 153
- Marshal ’30
- Year Book Committee 68
- Sports Representative for Brookline Chronicle ’30
- Usher, Hamlet ’30
- Dramatics 213
- Senior Social 176
Fellow members from Irving's own class:
What the yearbook said
The mob of gentleman who wrote with ease
Also grew up on Rawson Road
The class of 1930
J. Dexter WadeBrookline 1930
Alice WalshBrookline 1930
Barbara W. TrottBrookline 1930
Daniel William Warren JrBrookline 1930
Darleen ThurberBrookline 1930
Evelyn R. WarrenBrookline 1930
Others named Wallace
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Mary Ann WallaceNeedham 1928
Helen WallaceArlington 1929
Rodney WallaceBiographical Review: Worcester County, Massachusetts (1899) 1899
James WallaceMedford 1924
Ann V. WallaceMedford 1927
Barbara WallaceCentral 1943
Also headed for Harvard
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 100.
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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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