Boston Latin School

James Joseph Neas “Jimmy”

Class of 1926, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts: James Joseph Neas (“Jimmy”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Longfellw School; headed for Boston College; activities listed: French Club. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 35.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 1 more named Neas

Full name: James Joseph Neas
Known as: Jimmy
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Longfellw School
Headed for: Boston College
Ambition: “To live till ninety.”

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

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Clubs & teams 29
Classmates 103
Same schools 95

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 104 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1926, James stands 66th. In the scan, James appears on page 35, around the middle of the run of 104 portraits read for this site (pages 18 to 45). Among the 92 people in the class who printed a plan, 88 (96%) named a college or university, as James did (“Boston College”). James has 4 first-name namesakes in the Boston Latin School class of 1926. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1926 has 104 entries, while the neighbouring class has 122 for 1927.

On the same scan page	Jacob Moskovitz, Daniel Joseph Mullane, F. Victor Nissen
Same club	French Club: 14 other classmates
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

French Club 96
1st Lieutenant 3rd Co., 4th Regiment, 1926

Fellow members from James's own class:

What the yearbook said

Not much talk — as great, sweet silence.

The class of 1926

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Also headed for Boston College

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 35. 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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