Cambridge High and Latin School

John Joseph Cronin “Peanut”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Joseph Cronin (“Peanut”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Peter’s School; headed for Boston College; lived at 41 Sherman Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 54.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 43 more named Cronin

Full name: John Joseph Cronin
Known as: Peanut
Lived at: 41 Sherman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Peter’s School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Peanut Cronin; Jack Cronin; John Cronin; John J. Cronin.

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Neighbours 9
Same surname 41
Classmates 458
Same schools 127

In context

This site lists 459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927; sorted by surname, John comes 99th. Turning the scan to page 54 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. Among the 393 people in the class who printed a plan, 191 (49%) named a college or university, as John did (“Boston College”). The name John appears 22 times among the 459 names on this site from the class. Plans for a college or university made up 54% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1927 (191 of 355), against 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Elizabeth Wight Creelman, Herbert L. Crowley, John Edward Crowley
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	John: 21 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 41 Sherman Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Cronin at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John M Cronin (wife Delia), laborer householderpage
Francis Cronin lived herepage

The Cronin household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What John did at school

Assistant Manager of Football, 1923

What the yearbook said

Little, but —— oh my! —— !

Also grew up on Sherman Street

The class of 1927

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Also came from St. Peter’s School

Also headed for Boston College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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