Cambridge High and Latin School

John F. Hoffman “Slim, Hysty, Dub”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed John F. Hoffman (“Slim, Hysty, Dub”) among 483 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: headed for Boston University; lived at 28 Maple Avenue; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 62.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 42 more named Hoffman

Full name: John F. Hoffman
Known as: Slim, Hysty, Dub
Lived at: 28 Maple Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Melrose High School; D. W. Gooch School of Melrose
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Jack Hoffman; John Hoffman; Johnny Hoffman; Hoffman, John.

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Neighbours 22
Same surname 25
Classmates 482
Same schools 197

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, John is the 207th of 483 names on this site. The entry is on page 62 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 21 to page 118. John's “Boston University” falls in the same group as 206 of the 430 plans printed for the class (48%): a college or university. 13 other people in the class share the first name John. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1930 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Eleanor Margaret Hill, Anna Edith Hodsdon, Wilma Phoebe Hodsdon, Jane Thornton Holland
Same street	Maple Avenue: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	John: 13 other people in the class

What John did at school

Class Notes Reporter, 1929-30
Hockey at Melrose 1927-28

What the yearbook said

A brilliant creature he, whose pugilistic art With greatest rapture thrills each female heart

Also grew up on Maple Avenue

The class of 1930

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 62. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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