Brookline High School
Mary Audrey Finan “Oddway”
Mary Audrey Finan (“Oddway”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; activities listed: D. S. Club and Class Day Exercises; lived at 771 Boylston Street. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 48.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 3 more named Finan
- Full name
- Mary Audrey Finan
- Known as
- Oddway
- Lived at
- 771 Boylston Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- Commercial
- Ambition
- “It’s a secret”
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In context
249 people from the Brookline High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Finan puts Mary 65th among them. Mary is printed on page 48 of the scan, in the first third of the 31-to-96 run of portrait pages. 5 other people in the class share the first name Mary. Mary is one of 59 listed under Commercial among the 239 classmates whose course is printed (25%). 76% of the graduates in the class of 1929 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 78% in 1928 and 76% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | Albert Feneno, Annabelle Ferguson, William Harry Fink |
|---|---|
| Same club | Class Day Exercises: 23 other classmates |
| Same club | Girls' League: 120 other classmates |
| Same course | Commercial: 59 of 239 classmates with a course (25%) |
| Same first name | Mary: 5 other people in the class |
At home, 771 Boylston Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 city directory lists Mary Audrey Finan with the occupation “stenographer” (page).
The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Finan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Thomas H Finan (wife Catherine M), manager householderpage
- Catherine M Finan, student lived herepage
The Finan household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1931 too.
What Mary did at school
- D. S. Club 55
- Class Day Exercises 51
- Girls' League 474
- Track Team 130
- Baseball 155
- Gym Team 99
- Captain Ball 53
- Senior Advisor ’28
- Spanish Club 171
- Four-Minute Speaker ’28 153
- Girls' Glee Club 50
- Secretary-Treasurer ’28
- Pin and Ring Committee 13
- Marshal ’28
Fellow members from Mary's own class:
What the yearbook said
Give every man thy voice
Also grew up on Boylston Street
The class of 1929
Annabelle FergusonBrookline 1929
William Harry FinkBrookline 1929
Albert FenenoBrookline 1929
Beatrice FinnBrookline 1929
James W. EadieBrookline 1929
Helen Marie FinnertyBrookline 1929
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 48.
View the original scan at the
Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).
Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.
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