Somerville High School

John Willard Clarke “Professor”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed John Willard Clarke (“Professor”) among 470 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: College course; activities listed: Track and Webster Debating Society; lived at 56 College Ave. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 38.

Class of 1929

470 in the class of 1929 · 56 more named Clarke

Full name: John Willard Clarke
Known as: Professor
Lived at: 56 College Ave, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: College

Also searched as: Professor Clarke; Jack Clarke; John Clarke; John W. Clarke.

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Clubs & teams 212
Neighbours 34
Same surname 50
Classmates 469

In context

This site lists 470 people from the Somerville High School class of 1929; sorted by surname, John comes 70th. In the scan, John appears on page 38, in the first third of the run of 470 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 101). 91 of the 461 classmates who printed a course (20%) took College, as John did. Across 12 classes of Somerville High School on this site, from 1917 to 1931, 150 people are named John; the class of 1931 has the most, 23. Names on this site: 470 for the class of 1929, compared with 482 for 1928 and 419 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Thelma Choate, John R. Christian, Lillian Mae Clair, Genevieve Ruth Clark and 1 more
Same club	Track: 12 other classmates
Same club	Webster Debating Society: 14 other classmates
Same course	College: 91 of 461 classmates with a course (20%)
Same first name	John: 19 other people in the class
The book's own title	Radiator Year Book

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1929some_0).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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