Boston Latin School

William Alexander Sloan “Bill”

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed William Alexander Sloan (“Bill”) among 122 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from O. H. Perry School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Glee Club and French Club. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 377.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Sloan

Full name: William Alexander Sloan
Known as: Bill
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: O. H. Perry School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Bill Sloan; William Sloan; William A. Sloan; Billy Sloan.

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Clubs & teams 93
Same surname 2
Classmates 121
Same schools 296

In context

Of the 122 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, William's is 105th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 377, in the last third of the stretch from page 347 to page 381 where this site found the book's portraits. In the 12 classes of Boston Latin School between 1919 and 1945 that this site covers, 78 people have the first name William, with the largest group (16) in 1943. William shared “French Club” with 14 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. Count the first names and the class of 1927 gives Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7), where the class of 1928 gives John (14), Edward (10) and George (8).

On the same scan page	Aaron Silver, Bernard David Silverman, Joseph Arthur Smith
Same club	Glee Club: 16 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 92 of 100 classmates with a plan (92%)
Same first name	William: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	Latin School Register

What William did at school

Fidelity Prize, 1926
Glee Club 80
French Club 96

Fellow members from William's own class:

What the yearbook said

The French are wiser than they seem.

The class of 1927

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Others named Sloan

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

Also came from O. H. Perry School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 377. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_5).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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