Melrose High School
Melville Edwin Prior “Mel”
Melville Edwin Prior (“Mel”), Melrose High School class of 1927 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Northeastern; activities listed: Mayor of ('ivies Class and Hi-Y; a write-up.
Class of 1927
156 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Prior
- Full name
- Melville Edwin Prior
- Known as
- Mel
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1927
- Headed for
- Northeastern
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In context
156 people from the Melrose High School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Prior puts Melville 118th among them. Melville is printed on page 50 of the scan, in the last third of the 10-to-65 run of portrait pages. In the Melrose High School class of 1927, 15 entries mention “Hi-Y”; Melville's is one of them. Melville's “Northeastern” falls in the same group as 14 of the 51 plans printed for the class (27%): a college or university. The most common first names in the class of 1927 were Dorothy (8), John (5) and Mildred (5); in the class of 1926 they were Dorothy (6), Elizabeth (6) and Helen (6).
| On the same scan page | Marjorie Pollard, Donald Pottle |
|---|---|
| Same club | Hi-Y: 14 other classmates |
| Same club | Orchestra: 13 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 14 of 51 classmates with a plan (27%) |
| The book's own title | The Highlights (editor: Edward S. Amazeen) |
What Melville did at school
- Mayor of ('ivies Class
- Hi-Y 111
- Junior Board of Aldermen 5
- Orchestra 74
- Traffic Squad 112
Fellow members from Melville's own class:
What the yearbook said
As a popular and well known member of the class of ’27, “Mel” ranks with the first. He is one of those individuals who thinks a lot but says little. He has several times displayed his musical talents by organizing and conducting an orchestra for our various school dances. Since he has had more or less experience with Ford machinery, he expects to further his mechanical education at Northeastern University. “Mel” has been one of the most active members of the Hi-Y during the three years he has been a member of the club, and it is with the best wishes of its members that he leaves M. H. S.
The class of 1927
Donald PottleMelrose 1927
Lydia PulloMelrose 1927
Marjorie PollardMelrose 1927
Lena Charlotte RappMelrose 1927
Gordon E. PipeMelrose 1927
Agnes E. ReardonMelrose 1927
Others named Prior
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for Northeastern
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1927, page 50.
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Internet Archive (item log1927melr).
Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Melrose Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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