Somerville High School

James Cotter “Stretch”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed James Cotter (“Stretch”) among 563 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: College Course; activities listed: Track and Poetry Club; lived at 65 Belmont Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 39.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 37 more named Cotter

Full name: James Cotter
Known as: Stretch
Lived at: 65 Belmont Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: College Course

Also searched as: Stretch Cotter; Jim Cotter; Jimmy Cotter; Cotter, James.

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Clubs & teams 216
Neighbours 31
Same surname 32
Classmates 562

In context

563 people from the Somerville High School class of 1931 appear on this site, and Cotter puts James 84th among them. James is printed on page 39 of the scan, in the first third of the 27-to-102 run of portrait pages. 119 people in the class list “Poetry Club”, James included. From 1917 to 1931, 77 Somerville High School graduates on this site share the first name James, spread over 12 classes and peaking at 14 in 1931. The share taking a college or college-preparatory course was 15% in the class of 1931 (82 of 535), against 23% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Edward Corbett, Mary Costa, John Cotter, William Coughlin and 3 more
Same club	Track: 32 other classmates
Same club	Poetry Club: 118 other classmates
Same course	College Course: 79 of 535 classmates with a course (15%)
Same first name	James: 13 other people in the class

What James did at school

Debating 2
Proctor, 3
Track 132
Poetry Club 309

Fellow members from James's own class:

What the yearbook said

The mildest man is with the bravest heart

Also grew up on Belmont St

The class of 1931

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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