Melrose High School

John Alden Whitman

John Alden Whitman, Melrose High School class of 1938 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Calvin Coolidge School; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 19 more named Whitman

Full name: John Alden Whitman
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Ambition: “To become a chemical or electrical engineer”

Also searched as: Jack Whitman; John Whitman; John A. Whitman; Johnny Whitman.

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Same surname 17
Classmates 276
Same schools 95

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1938 from A to Z by surname, John is the 268th of 277 names on this site. Find John on page 96 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1938 are spread over pages 16 to 207. The yearbook lists 69 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 as coming from Calvin Coolidge School, including John. 12 people in the Melrose High School class of 1938 are called John. Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1938, and John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6) in the class of 1939.

On the same scan page	M. Natalie Westcott, Donald Wetmore, Eleanor M. White
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

What John did at school

Radio Club (3, 4)
Stamp Club (2, 3)
Swimming Team (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

John has aspirations toward being a chemical or electrical engineer. He was, for two years, a member of the Stamp Club and during his Junior and Senior years has been an active participant on the swimming team. He is secretary-treasurer of the Radio Club this year and has built a very successful receiving set. John will undoubtedly go far along lines of technical endeavor.

The class of 1938

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Others named Whitman

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 96. 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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