Cambridge High and Latin School

John F. Burke “Birch”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John F. Burke (“Birch”) among 366 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Northeastern Engineering School; lived at 12 Beech Street. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 36.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 108 more named Burke

Full name: John F. Burke
Known as: Birch
Born: September 22, 1906
Lived at: 12 Beech Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Northeastern Engineering School

Also searched as: Birch Burke; Jack Burke; John Burke; Johnny Burke.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 102
Classmates 365
Same schools 68

In context

This site lists 366 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924; sorted by surname, John comes 34th. In the scan, John appears on page 36, right at the start of the run of 366 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 122). 12 members of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 are named John, making it the third most common first name there. College or university was the plan of 123 of the 296 classmates who printed one (42%), and John is listed with “Northeastern Engineering School”. In the class of 1924, 50% of the plans we could classify (123 of 244) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1923 and 54% in 1925.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Alma Brouillard, Lois A. Burgess, Margaret Burke
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

What John did at school

Glee Club, 1920–24
Choir, ’22–23 and ’23–24
“Pirates of Penzance”
“Bells of Normandy”
Cross Country, 1923–1924

Also grew up on Beech Street

The class of 1924

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Others named Burke

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

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Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Northeastern Engineering School

Rupert Anderson MardenBrookline 1928

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 36. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

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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