Boston Latin School

John Haverty “Johnnie”

John Haverty (“Johnnie”), Boston Latin School class of 1926 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Mary Lyon School; headed for Harvard; a motto.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 9 more named Haverty

Full name: John Haverty
Known as: Johnnie
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Mary Lyon School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Attorney.”

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Same surname 8
Classmates 103
Same schools 229

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 104 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1926, John stands 44th. In the scan, John appears on page 29, around the middle of the run of 104 portraits read for this site (pages 18 to 45). John has 10 first-name namesakes in the Boston Latin School class of 1926. College or university was the plan of 88 of the 92 classmates who printed one (96%), and John is listed with “Harvard”. Of the 90 plans printed for the class of 1926 that name a kind of next step, 88 (98%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	John Joseph Grandfield, Willi Am Joseph Green Jr, Charles F. Hartnett
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

1st Lieutenant 3rd Co., 5th Regiment
Picture Committee. 24

What the yearbook said

He was a burning and a shining light.

The class of 1926

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Others named Haverty

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 29. 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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