Boston Latin School

John Douglas Shepherd “Rip”

John Douglas Shepherd (“Rip”) was one of 104 graduates in the class of 1926 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Mary Hemenway School; headed for Harvard; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 42.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 17 more named Shepherd

Full name: John Douglas Shepherd
Known as: Rip
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Mary Hemenway School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Rip Shepherd; Jack Shepherd; John Shepherd; John D. Shepherd.

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Same surname 10
Classmates 103
Same schools 230

In context

Going through the Boston Latin School class of 1926 from A to Z by surname, John is the 92nd of 104 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 42 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 18 to page 45. In the 13 classes of Boston Latin School between 1919 and 1945 that this site covers, 112 people have the first name John, with the largest group (18) in 1945. John's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 88 of the 92 plans printed for the class (96%): a college or university. In the class of 1926 the first names most often shared were John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5); the class of 1927 had Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7).

On the same scan page	Elmer F. Sawyer, George Francis Sawyer, Sydney Selesnick
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)
Same first name	John: 10 other people in the class

What John did at school

Classical Prize, 1923
1st Lieutenant, 10th. Co., 5th Regiment. 37

What the yearbook said

To sleep., perchance to dream.

The class of 1926

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Others named Shepherd

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Mary Hemenway School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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