Cambridge High and Latin School

James Francis Whalen “Brother, Jim”

James Francis Whalen (“Brother, Jim”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 44 Plymouth Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 21 more named Whalen

Full name: James Francis Whalen
Known as: Brother, Jim
Lived at: 44 Plymouth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Kelley Grammar School
Headed for: Oglethorpe University

Also searched as: Jim Whalen; James Whalen; James F. Whalen; Jimmy Whalen.

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Neighbours 21
Same surname 17
Classmates 482
Same schools 13

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, James is the 471st of 483 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 116, near the end of the stretch from page 21 to page 118 where this site found the book's portraits. Counting James, 13 people in the class are listed as coming from Kelley Grammar School. Among the 430 people in the class who printed a plan, 206 (48%) named a college or university, as James did (“Oglethorpe University”). Plans for a college or university made up 56% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1930 (206 of 371), against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	William Charles White, A. Gertrude Whouley, Lucille Dorothy Wilkie, Ednah Anneta Wilson
Same earlier school	Kelley Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	James: 8 other people in the class

At home, 44 Plymouth Street

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Whalen at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Julia L Whalen, widow of James F householderpage

The Whalen household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What James did at school

Freshman baseball, 1926
Football, 1928
Hockey, 1928-29

What the yearbook said

BROTHER” “JIM” “Full of life and seldom sober Hasn't opened a book since last October

Full of life and seldom sober Hasn't opened a book since last October

Also grew up on Plymouth Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Whalen

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

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Also came from Kelley Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 116. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

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

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