Melrose High School

James McDonald Jr “Mac Jim JJ Jumping Jackass”

James McDonald Jr (“Mac Jim JJ Jumping Jackass”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Calvin Coolidge School; headed for Harvard. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 67.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 74 more named McDonald

Full name: James McDonald Jr
Known as: Mac Jim JJ Jumping Jackass
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Jim McDonald; Jimmy McDonald; McDonald, James.

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Same surname 54
Classmates 276
Same schools 103

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938, James stands 169th. In the scan, James appears on page 67, in the first third of the run of 277 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 207). In the 10 classes of Melrose High School between 1928 and 1942 that this site covers, 26 people have the first name James, with the largest group (7) in 1942. James's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 54 of the 120 plans printed for the class (45%): a college or university. Among first names, the class of 1938 favours Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10); the class of 1939 had John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What James did at school

Tennis (3, 4)

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 67. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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