Brookline High School

James Haley “Sphinx”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed James Haley (“Sphinx”) among 273 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: Technical course; lived at 12 Perry Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 60.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 44 more named Haley

Full name: James Haley
Known as: Sphinx
Lived at: 12 Perry Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Technical.

Also searched as: Sphinx Haley; Jim Haley; Jimmy Haley; Haley, James.

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Neighbours 19
Same surname 38
Classmates 272

In context

Of the 273 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1931 read for this site, James's is 100th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 60 shows James; the portraits we read from this book run from page 34 to page 110. The name James appears 5 times among the 273 names on this site from the class. 29 of the 252 classmates who printed a course (12%) took Technical, as James did. In the class of 1931, 79% of the plans we could classify (128 of 162) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 76% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Lois Irene Grow, Phyllis Hall, John William Hannon
Same course	Technical: 29 of 252 classmates with a course (12%)
Same first name	James: 4 other people in the class

At home, 12 Perry Street

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

Charles W Haley (wife Catherine T), foreman householderpage

The Haley household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 60. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

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

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