Malden High School

Walter Foley “Lion”

Walter Foley (“Lion”) is one of 168 graduates in the class of 1927-B at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: General course; headed for Boston College High School; a motto.

Class of 1927-B

168 in the class of 1927 · 73 more named Foley

Full name: Walter Foley
Known as: Lion
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: General
Headed for: Boston College High School

Also searched as: Lion Foley; Walt Foley; Foley, Walter.

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Same surname 70
Classmates 167

In context

Of the 168 names from the Malden High School class of 1927-B that have pages here, Walter is 54th in surname order. Walter is printed on page 23 of the scan, in the first third of the 12-to-48 run of portrait pages. Walter's plan is printed as “Boston College High School”, which counts here as a college or university; 55 of the 108 classmates who named a plan (51%) named the same kind. Walter is one of 60 listed under General among the 168 classmates whose course is printed (36%). The class of 1927-B: 21% of printed courses lead to college, versus 33% in 1926 and 24% in 1928-B.

On the same scan page	Leon Feiner, Helen Mathilda Fine, George Fingold, Anne Fivishovitz
Same kind of plan	college or university: 55 of 108 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same course	General: 60 of 168 classmates with a course (36%)

What the yearbook said

Quiet in class but powerful in grade.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1927mald_0).

Published 1927, 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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