Malden High School

Thomas Laurence O'Brien “Tom”

Class of 1928-B, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: Thomas Laurence O'Brien (“Tom”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Centre School; headed for N. H. State University; activities listed: Band and Orchestra. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 41.

Class of 1928-B

118 in the class of 1928 · 158 more named O'Brien

Full name: Thomas Laurence O'Brien
Known as: Tom
Born: September 1, 1909
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College
Came from: Centre School
Headed for: N. H. State University

Also searched as: Tom O'Brien; Thomas O'Brien; Thomas L. O'Brien; Tommy O'Brien.

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Clubs & teams 94
Same surname 150
Classmates 117
Same schools 82

In context

118 people from the Malden High School class of 1928-B appear on this site, and O'Brien puts Thomas 74th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 41, around the middle of the stretch from page 13 to page 58 where this site found the book's portraits. 15 other graduates came from Centre School, the school Thomas is listed as coming from. In the Malden High School class of 1928-B, 24% of the 118 printed courses are College (28 people), Thomas included. 69% of the graduates in the class of 1928-B whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 65% in 1927-B and 40% in 1929-A.

On the same scan page	James Joseph O'Leary, Eva Paul
Same club	Band: 5 other classmates
Same club	Orchestra: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Centre School: 15 other classmates
Same course	College: 28 of 118 classmates with a course (24%)
The book's own title	Maldonian (editor: George Lodgen)

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Deeper than did ever plummet sound Pll drown my books.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1928, page 41. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1928mald_0).

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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