Boston Latin School

Philip Whittemore Burleigh “Phil, Whitey”

Philip Whittemore Burleigh (“Phil, Whitey”), Boston Latin School class of 1928 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Emily A. Fifield School; headed for Dartmouth; activities listed: Football and Physics Club.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 11 more named Burleigh

Full name: Philip Whittemore Burleigh
Known as: Phil, Whitey
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Emily A. Fifield School
Headed for: Dartmouth

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Clubs & teams 76
Same surname 5
Classmates 145
Same schools 38

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 146 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1928, Philip stands 14th. In the scan, Philip appears on page 39, right at the start of the run of 146 portraits read for this site (pages 36 to 75). From 1927 to 1945, 11 Boston Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Philip, spread over 6 classes. Philip's “Dartmouth” falls in the same group as 110 of the 119 plans printed for the class (92%): a college or university. Against 122 for 1927, the class of 1928 comes to 146 names on this site.

On the same scan page	John Timothy Bresnahan, Frank Adolph Brugger, Robert Burns Buckley
Same club	Football: 19 other classmates
Same club	Physics Club: 36 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What Philip did at school

Baseball, 1928
Football 94
Physics Club 37
1st Lieutenant, 9th Company, 4th Regiment

Fellow members from Philip's own class:

What the yearbook said

A most amiable elephant.

The class of 1928

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Others named Burleigh

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Also came from Emily A. Fifield School

Also headed for Dartmouth

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1928bost_4).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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