Cambridge High and Latin School

Paul Cleary “Bill Hop”

Paul Cleary (“Bill Hop”) is one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: headed for Holy Cross College; activities listed: Basketball and Baseball; lived at 38 High Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 14 more named Cleary

Full name: Paul Cleary
Known as: Bill Hop
Lived at: 38 High Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Holy Cross College

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Neighbours 6
Same surname 13
Classmates 420
Same schools 32

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 421 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929, Paul stands 63rd. In the scan, Paul appears on page 40, in the first third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). The first name Paul appears 24 times in the 13 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1929). Among the 364 people in the class who printed a plan, 174 (48%) named a college or university, as Paul did (“Holy Cross College”). The class of 1929: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Rose Clark, Evelyn Teresa Clarke, Leona R. Clow
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 38 High Street

The 1930 city directory lists Paul Cleary with the occupation “msngr” (page).

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Cleary at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Mary A Cleary, widow of Joseph householderpage
Joseph F Cleary, real estate lived herepage
Mary G Cleary, stenographer lived herepage
Paul Cleary, msngr lived herepage
Wm J Cleary, supvr lived herepage

The Cleary household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Paul did at school

Basketball
Baseball
Football
Home Room Committee

What the yearbook said

He is as popular here as everywhere else.

Also grew up on High Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Cleary

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

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Holy Cross College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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