Melrose High School

William D. Whitney “Bill”

William D. Whitney (“Bill”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Holy Cross; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 97.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 50 more named Whitney

Full name: William D. Whitney
Known as: Bill
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Holy Cross

Also searched as: Bill Whitney; William Whitney; Billy Whitney; Whitney, William.

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Same surname 45
Classmates 276
Same schools 24

In context

This site lists 277 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938; sorted by surname, William comes 270th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 97, around the middle of the stretch from page 16 to page 207 where this site found the book's portraits. The name William appears 7 times among the 277 names on this site from the class. William's “Holy Cross” falls in the same group as 54 of the 120 plans printed for the class (45%): a college or university. For Melrose High School, the site holds 277 people from the class of 1938, against 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Gardner Whitney, Robert R. Widdowson
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	William: 6 other people in the class

What William did at school

Baseball (1)
Stamp Club (2)
Football (3)

What the yearbook said

Because of his cheerful nature, “Bill” has won a vast number of friends. Although he hasn’t taken up many activities during his four years with us, he has been working hard in and out of school, so he may further his education. “Bill” plans to go to Holy Cross. We know that in whatever he undertakes he will succeed.

The class of 1938

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Others named Whitney

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Also came from St. Mary’s School

Also headed for Holy Cross

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 97. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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