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Portrait of Ralph W. Dobbs, Brookline High School, class of 1931
As printed in the 1931 yearbook

Brookline High School

Ralph W. Dobbs

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Ralph W. Dobbs among 273 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: headed for College of Hard Knocks; activities listed: Aero Club; lived at 133 Cypress Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 48.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 4 more named Dobbs

Full name
Ralph W. Dobbs
Lived at
133 Cypress Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School
Brookline High School
Graduated
Class of 1931
Course
Commercial.
Headed for
College of Hard Knocks

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Sydney R. Dobbs — HouseholdSydney DobbsEvelyn Kantor — Clubs & teamsEvelyn KantorOtto John Hermann Jr — Clubs & teamsOtto HermannDoris Guren — Clubs & teamsDoris GurenDorothy Patricia Kelly — Clubs & teamsDorothy KellyElliott King Shapira — Clubs & teamsElliott ShapiraHoward Segall — Clubs & teamsHoward SegallAndrew H. Madden — NeighboursAndrew MaddenFrank Cavanaugh — NeighboursFrank CavanaughHelene A. Vigeant — NeighboursHelene VigeantHerbert Westbrook — NeighboursHerbert WestbrookMargaret Robinson — NeighboursMargaret RobinsonBruce Dobbs — Same surnameBruce DobbsDorothy Elizabeth Delorey — ClassmatesDorothy DeloreyMartha Dodge — ClassmatesMartha DodgeHelene Joan Dawson — ClassmatesHelene DawsonMarjorie L. Dolbeare — ClassmatesMarjorie DolbeareFlorence Anne Dawson — ClassmatesFlorence DawsonFrancis Richard Donohue — ClassmatesFrancis DonohueThomas Francis Larkin — Same schoolsThomas LarkinWilliam Davidson — Same schoolsWilliam DavidsonAlbert D. Kefauver — Same schoolsAlbert Kefauver

In context

Of the 273 names from the Brookline High School class of 1931 that have pages here, Ralph is 58th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 48 shows Ralph; the portraits we read from this book run from page 34 to page 110. Ralph's plan is printed as “College of Hard Knocks”, which counts here as a college or university; 128 of the 231 classmates who named a plan (55%) named the same kind. Commercial was the course of 62 out of 252 classmates who printed one (25%), including Ralph. The class of 1931: 35% of printed courses lead to college, versus 39% in 1930.

On the same scan pageHelene Joan Dawson, Dorothy Elizabeth Delorey, Martha Dodge
Same streetCypress Street: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same courseCommercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 133 Cypress Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

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Work! Why work?

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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