Melrose High School

Jean Cairns

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Jean Cairns among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 26.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 12 more named Cairns

Full name: Jean Cairns
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: business college

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Same surname 11
Classmates 276
Same schools 112

In context

Jean Cairns is number 20 of 277 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1938 on this site. In the scan, Jean appears on page 26, right at the start of the run of 277 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 207). The yearbook lists 76 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 as coming from Roosevelt School, including Jean. Of 120 classmates who gave a plan, 11 (9%) point to a business or secretarial school; Jean's entry says “business college”. Of the 96 plans printed for the class of 1938 that name a kind of next step, 54 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Lawrence Byrne, A. Alden Caesar
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 11 of 120 classmates with a plan (9%)

What Jean did at school

Riding Club (3, 4)
Bowling (3, 4)
Girls' Club (3, 4)
Chorus (2)
G. L. A. (3, 4)
Class Hockey (2, 3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Everyone likes Jean. This winsome red-headed young lady is one of the nicest members of our class. Although riding and swimming are her favorite sports, dancing also provides ample entertainment, and she is an ardent supporter of all school sports. She hopes to enter business college, and in whatever she does, we can say, “best of luck to you always, Jean.”

The class of 1938

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Others named Cairns

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Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for business college

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 26. 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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