Cambridge High and Latin School

Vernon Thomas “Wings”

Vernon Thomas (“Wings”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard School; headed for Pennsylvania; lived at 366 Harvard Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 123.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 125 more named Thomas

Full name: Vernon Thomas
Known as: Wings
Lived at: 366 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Harvard School
Headed for: Pennsylvania

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Neighbours 89
Same surname 90
Classmates 420
Same schools 33

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Vernon comes 387th. Turning the scan to page 123 shows Vernon; the portraits we read from this book run from page 25 to page 132. Over 14 classes from 1917 to 1930, Harvard Street is the street of 87 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. The yearbook lists 31 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 as coming from Harvard School, including Vernon. In the class of 1929, 56% of the plans we could classify (174 of 308) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Charles Bernard Sweeney, Marion Emma Taylor, Helen Terzian
Same street	Harvard Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Harvard School: 30 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What the yearbook said

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men.

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 123. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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