Melrose High School

Robert L. Wadland “Bob Waddy”

Robert L. Wadland (“Bob Waddy”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Lincoln School; headed for Northeastern; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 92.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 2 more named Wadland

Full name: Robert L. Wadland
Known as: Bob Waddy
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Lincoln School
Headed for: Northeastern

Also searched as: Bob Wadland; Robert Wadland; Bobby Wadland; Wadland, Robert.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 276
Same schools 76

In context

Robert L. Wadland is number 252 of 277 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1938 on this site. The entry is on page 92 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. The yearbook lists 46 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 as coming from Lincoln School, including Robert. 13 people in the Melrose High School class of 1938 are called Robert. The class of 1938 has 277 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Winifred Dixon Turner, Edwin Vickery, Robert J. Waddick
Same earlier school	Lincoln School: 45 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	Robert: 12 other people in the class

What Robert did at school

Rifle Club (2, 4)
Speakers’ Bureau (4)

What the yearbook said

This black curly haired fellow has mastered the maximum amount of Mathematics possible in M. H. S. “Bob” likes to putter around with gadgets and has surprised his Math, and Physics classes many times by his discoveries. His odd jobs from Western Union to Trailer making, show his willingness to work, and assure his success at Northeastern and in future life.

The class of 1938

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Others named Wadland

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

Philip L. WadlandMelrose 1939

Also came from Lincoln School

Also headed for Northeastern

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 92. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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