Melrose High School

John Graham Cox “Pratt”

John Graham Cox (“Pratt”) appears in the 1939 yearbook of Melrose High School in Melrose, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 60 more named Cox

Full name: John Graham Cox
Known as: Pratt
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: Springfield College

Also searched as: Pratt Cox; Jack Cox; John Cox; John G. Cox.

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Same surname 39
Classmates 204
Same schools 100

In context

Of the 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939 that have pages here, John is 54th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 36 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 201. The first name John appears 65 times in the 12 Melrose High School classes read for this site (1926 to 1942), most often in 1939 (15). John's plan is printed as “Springfield College”, which counts here as a college or university; 9 of the 39 classmates who named a plan (23%) named the same kind. The most common first names in the class of 1939 were John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6); in the class of 1942 they were Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8).

On the same scan page	Barbara Crafts, Harold Craigie
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 9 of 39 classmates with a plan (23%)
Same first name	John: 14 other people in the class
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What John did at school

Operetta 1, 2, 3, 4
Euclidean Society 2
Golf Team 3, 4
Masque and Wig 3
Basketball 2, 4
Log Staff 4
Gym Team 3, 4
Spring Football

The class of 1939

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Others named Cox

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

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Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for Springfield College

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 36. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1939melr).

Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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