Cambridge High and Latin School

William Francis Brooks “Bill”

William Francis Brooks (“Bill”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Exeter-Harvard; activities listed: Manager of Freshman Baseball and Pres. Junior Class; lived at 10 Linnaen Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 39.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 105 more named Brooks

Full name: William Francis Brooks
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 10 Linnaen Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Exeter-Harvard

Also searched as: Bill Brooks; William Brooks; William F. Brooks; Billy Brooks.

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Same surname 78
Classmates 458
Same schools 64

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 from A to Z by surname, William is the 40th of 459 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 39, right at the start of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. 10 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named Brooks, spread over 10 classes from 1917 to 1930. William's plan is printed as “Exeter-Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 191 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (49%) named the same kind. Of the 355 plans printed for the class of 1927 that name a kind of next step, 191 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Edward Francis Brosnahan, Charles Lawrence Brown, Ellen Frances Brown
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
Same first name	William: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 10 Linnaen Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Brooks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Jessie W Brooks, widow of Win F householderpage

The Brooks household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What William did at school

Football, 1923–24–25–26
Swimming, 1923–24
Manager of Crew, 1925–26
Manager of Freshman Baseball
Room Committee, 1924–25–26
Pres. Junior Class
Pres. Senior Class
Senior Drama Cast

What the yearbook said

Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.

The class of 1927

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Others named Brooks

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Exeter-Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

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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