Malden High School

John Charles Slater “Canny”

John Charles Slater (“Canny”), Malden High School class of 1924 (Malden, Massachusetts). The entry prints: Scientific course; born in 1906; a motto.

Class of 1924

48 in the class of 1924 · 11 more named Slater

Full name: John Charles Slater
Known as: Canny
Born: 29 Grape Street April 18, 1906 Daniels School
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Course: Scientific

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Same surname 8
Classmates 47

In context

48 people from the Malden High School class of 1924 appear on this site, and Slater puts John 42nd among them. John is printed on page 32 of the scan, in the last third of the 12-to-36 run of portrait pages. The first name John appears 43 times in the 18 Malden High School classes read for this site (1919 to 1931). Of the 48 entries in the class with a course, 5 (10%) say Scientific, John's among them. Against 77 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 48 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Margaret Osgood Stiles
Same course	Scientific: 5 of 48 classmates with a course (10%)
The book's own title	The Souvenir (editor: Miriam E. Alexander)

What the yearbook said

He was the mildest mannered man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1924, page 32. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1924mald).

Published 1924, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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