Brookline High School
Melvin F. Hill Jr “Mel”
Melvin F. Hill Jr (“Mel”) was one of 273 graduates in the class of 1931 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: College course; headed for Harvard College; lived at 218 Middlesex Road. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 64.
Class of 1931
273 in the class of 1931 · 134 more named Hill
- Full name
- Melvin F. Hill Jr
- Known as
- Mel
- Lived at
- 218 Middlesex Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
- Course
- College.
- Headed for
- Harvard College
Also searched as: Melvin Hill; Hill, Melvin.
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In context
273 people from the Brookline High School class of 1931 appear on this site, and Hill puts Melvin 118th among them. Melvin's portrait is on scan page 64, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 34 to 110. Of the 252 entries in the class with a course, 86 (34%) say College, Melvin's among them. Melvin's “Harvard College” falls in the same group as 128 of the 231 plans printed for the class (55%): a college or university. Count the first names and the class of 1931 gives William (12) and John (11), where the class of 1930 gives Mary (11), John (8) and Gertrude (7).
| On the same scan page | Margaret F. Hickey, Clinton Hill, Greta Adelaide Hill |
|---|---|
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%) |
| Same course | College: 86 of 252 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 218 Middlesex Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 city directory lists Melvin F. Hill Jr with the occupation “real estate” (page).
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hill at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Melvin F Hill (wife Marguerite P), real estate householderpage
The Hill household is listed here in 1928 too.
What the yearbook said
There’s a silver lining to every cloud, Mel.
Also grew up on Middlesex Road
The class of 1931
Greta Adelaide HillBrookline 1931
Charlotte HindenBrookline 1931
Clinton HillBrookline 1931
Donald HirshbergBrookline 1931
Margaret F. HickeyBrookline 1931
Margaret Aitken HoltBrookline 1931
Others named Hill
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Henry Bertram HillNeedham 1924
George Albert HillWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1913
Elizabeth HillArlington 1927
Sigrid HillArlington 1927
Miriam HillBarnstable 1939
Sadie HillChelsea 1925
Also headed for Harvard College
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 64.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).
Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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