Cambridge High and Latin School

Kingsley W. Hooker “King, Hook”

Kingsley W. Hooker (“King, Hook”) is one of 366 graduates in the class of 1924 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1924 yearbook entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 35 Granite Street.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 5 more named Hooker

Full name: Kingsley W. Hooker
Known as: King, Hook
Lived at: 35 Granite Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Kingsley Hooker; Hooker, Kingsley.

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Neighbours 5
Same surname 2
Classmates 365
Same schools 172

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 366 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924, Kingsley stands 171st. On the scan, the entry sits on page 66, around the middle of the stretch from page 29 to page 122 where this site found the book's portraits. Among the 296 people in the class who printed a plan, 123 (42%) named a college or university, as Kingsley did (“Harvard”). Morse Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 13 people in the class, Kingsley among them. Among first names, the class of 1924 favours Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit, Eleanor Spencer Holmes, Mary Hovenanian
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 12 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)

At home, 35 Granite Street

The 1925 city directory lists Kingsley W. Hooker with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hooker at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Kingsley W Hooker, student lived herepage

The Hooker household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What Kingsley did at school

Crew, 1923–24
Swimming Team Captain, 1923–24
Senior Executive Board, 1924

What the yearbook said

Kine” “Hook

Also grew up on Granite Street

The class of 1924

All 366 in this class →

Others named Hooker

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 66. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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