Melrose High School

James William Colbert “Jim”

James William Colbert (“Jim”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, MA, in 1932. The yearbook prints the name and the portrait; this page adds classmates and a link to the original scan.

Class of 1932

195 in the class of 1932 · 12 more named Colbert

Full name: James William Colbert
Known as: Jim
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1932

Also searched as: Jim Colbert; James Colbert; James W. Colbert; Jimmy Colbert.

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Same surname 9
Classmates 194

In context

195 people from the Melrose High School class of 1932 appear on this site, and Colbert puts James 30th among them. Find James on page 28 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1932 are spread over pages 15 to 99. From 1928 to 1942, 26 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name James, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 7 in 1942. In the class of 1932 the first names most often shared were Eleanor (9), Barbara (6) and Dorothy (6); the class of 1934 had Henry (5) and Robert (5).

On the same scan page	Eleanor Collins, Gerald M. Collins

What the page does not say. The reading found no clubs or activities, no grammar school, no plan after graduation for James. Across the Melrose High School class of 1932 the shares are clubs or activities 78%, grammar school 67% and plan after graduation 36%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.

What the yearbook said

Ever see a running brook rippling recklessly and noisily over rocks and falls? That’s Jim! He entered the portals of Melrose High from Last Boston in 1928 as a shy but good-natured Freshman. Jim spent his first year getting good marks and acclimating himself to the city and school. However, this was too good to last, and in his next two years, Jim became a gentleman of leisure in regard to his studies. This is the secret. Jim is extremely fond of his Alma Mater and hates the thought of leaving. He is undecided about his future, but we hope it will be a successful one.

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1932, page 28. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1932melr).

Published 1932. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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