Cambridge High and Latin School

Thomas Joseph Williams “Slugger”

Thomas Joseph Williams (“Slugger”) was one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Tufts, Dental; lived at 48 Mt. Auburn Street; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 131.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 233 more named Williams

Full name: Thomas Joseph Williams
Known as: Slugger
Lived at: 48 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: St. Paul’s School, 1924
Headed for: Tufts, Dental

Also searched as: Slugger Williams; Tom Williams; Thomas Williams; Thomas J. Williams.

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Household 1
Neighbours 27
Same surname 157
Classmates 415

In context

Thomas Joseph Williams is number 406 of 416 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 on this site. In the scan, Thomas appears on page 131, near the end of the run of 416 portraits read for this site (pages 27 to 134). Thomas's “Tufts, Dental” falls in the same group as 173 of the 343 plans printed for the class (50%): a college or university. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1915 to 1930, 49 people are named Thomas; the class of 1928 has the most, 8. A college or university was the plan of 173 of 297 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (58%), compared with 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Irene Harriet White, Iris Mae White, Anita E. Wilk
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Thomas: 7 other people in the class

At home, 48 Mt. Auburn Street

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

Russell Francis WilliamsCambridge 1926

What the yearbook said

No one can live and be wise at the same time.

Also grew up on Mt. Auburn Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Williams

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

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Also headed for Tufts, Dental

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 131. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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