Somerville High School

William G. Cox “Bill”

William G. Cox (“Bill”) is one of 482 graduates in the class of 1928 at Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: General course; lived at 43 Hancock St; a motto.

Class of 1928

482 in the class of 1928 · 60 more named Cox

Full name: William G. Cox
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 43 Hancock St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: General

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Neighbours 14
Same surname 39
Classmates 481

In context

Of the 482 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1928 read for this site, William's is 101st alphabetically. William is printed on page 37 of the scan, in the first third of the 25-to-89 run of portrait pages. William's course, General, is also the course of 175 others in the 478 entries that print one (37% in all). The first name William runs through 13 classes of Somerville High School (1917 to 1931), 75 people in all, and is most common in 1931 (17). The share taking a college or college-preparatory course was 24% in the class of 1928 (115 of 478), against 24% in 1927 and 20% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Louise Cotton, May P. Cotton, Dorothy Elizabeth Counihan, Mildred Counihan and 3 more
Same course	General: 176 of 478 classmates with a course (37%)
Same first name	William: 10 other people in the class
The book's own title	Radiator

What the yearbook said

Character gives splendor to youth.

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1928, page 37. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1928some_0).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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