Melrose High School

John Phillips Parker “The Bad One”

John Phillips Parker (“The Bad One”) appears in the 1938 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 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 139 more named Parker

Full name: John Phillips Parker
Known as: The Bad One
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: Wentworth

Also searched as: Jack Parker; John Parker; John P. Parker; Johnny Parker.

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Same surname 103
Classmates 276
Same schools 101

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938, John stands 191st. John's portrait is on scan page 74, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 207. John did not arrive alone from Roosevelt School: 75 other graduates name it too. Among first names in the Melrose High School class of 1938, John comes 2nd in frequency (12 people). The most common first names in the class of 1938 were Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10); in the class of 1936 they were Charles (7), Richard (7) and Robert (7).

On the same scan page	Beatrice C. Page, Marjorie Park
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

What John did at school

Band (1, 2)
Euclidean Society (2, 3)
Outing Club (3)
Gym Team (3)
Swimming Team (4)

The class of 1938

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Others named Parker

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Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for Wentworth

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 74. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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