Boston Latin School

James Joseph Hurney Jr “Jim”

James Joseph Hurney Jr (“Jim”) was one of 104 graduates in the class of 1926 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Rochambeau School; headed for Harvard; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 31.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 1 more named Hurney

Full name: James Joseph Hurney Jr
Known as: Jim
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Rochambeau School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Attorney.”

Also searched as: Jim Hurney; James Hurney; James J. Hurney; Jimmy Hurney.

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Classmates 103
Same schools 229

In context

James Joseph Hurney Jr is number 49 of 104 in the alphabetical list of the Boston Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Find James on page 31 of the scan; the people on this site from the Boston Latin School class of 1926 are spread over pages 18 to 45. James's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 88 of the 92 plans printed for the class (96%): a college or university. James is the third most common first name in the Boston Latin School class of 1926, with 5 people. First names that recur in the class of 1926: John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5). In the class of 1927: Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7).

On the same scan page	Francis Johnson, Harold Chester Kagan, Abraham Korb
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)
Same first name	James: 4 other people in the class

What James did at school

Captain 3rd Co., 5th Regiment
Classical Prize, 1925

What the yearbook said

Loving knowledge, be wise.

The class of 1926

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Also came from Rochambeau School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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