Malden High School

John Malcolm McDonald “Mai”

Class of 1926-A, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: John Malcolm McDonald (“Mai”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: O. D and M Club; lived at 21 Barrett Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 25.

Class of 1926-A

86 in the class of 1926 · 74 more named McDonald

Full name: John Malcolm McDonald
Known as: Mai
Born: June 10, 1906
Lived at: 21 Barrett Street, Malden, Massachusetts
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Course: General
Came from: Belmont School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Mai McDonald; Jack McDonald; John McDonald; John M. McDonald.

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Clubs & teams 82
Same surname 54
Classmates 85
Same schools 349

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 86 names from the Malden High School class of 1926-A, John stands 52nd. John is printed on page 25 of the scan, around the middle of the 14-to-33 run of portrait pages. In the Malden High School class of 1926-A, 7 entries mention “Blue & Gold”; John's is one of them. General was the course of 19 out of 86 classmates who printed one (22%), including John. The class of 1926-A: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 56% in 1925 and 65% in 1927-B.

On the same scan page	Margaret Martin, Parthenia Esther Mason, Benjamin Butler McKeever Jr, Herbert Stanley McLellan
Same club	Blue & Gold: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Belmont School: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 32 of 70 classmates with a plan (46%)
Same course	General: 19 of 86 classmates with a course (22%)

What John did at school

Lit — Treasurer, ’24, Deputy, ’23, Debating Team, ’23, ’25 76
O. D.
Treasurer of Class, ’24, ’25
Manager of Swimming, ’25
M Club 17
French Club 54
President of Bankers’ Council, ’25
Blue & Gold 93
Senior Advisory Staff
Chm. of Aldermen, Boys’ Week, ’25 17

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1926, page 25. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1926mald).

Published 1926, 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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