Melrose High School

William G. Sheridan “Bill Brother Bill”

William G. Sheridan (“Bill Brother Bill”), Melrose High School class of 1938 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Washington School; headed for Holy Cross; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 21 more named Sheridan

Full name: William G. Sheridan
Known as: Bill Brother Bill
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Washington School
Headed for: Holy Cross

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

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Same surname 17
Classmates 276
Same schools 15

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938, William stands 214th. In the scan, William appears on page 83, around the middle of the run of 277 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 207). William has 6 first-name namesakes in the Melrose High School class of 1938. William's “Holy Cross” falls in the same group as 54 of the 120 plans printed for the class (45%): a college or university. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1938 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Lawrence Shea
Same earlier school	Washington School: 7 other classmates
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

Class Treasurer (4)
Cloak and Plume (1)
Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4)
Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4)
Football (1, 2, 3, 4)
Track (3, 4)
Chorus (1, 2, 3)
Drivers’ Club (3, 4)
Outing Club (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Here, we have “Bill” Sheridan whose exceptional playing of baseball and football has put his name in the Melrose High School Hall of Fame. Bill is one of the few four-letter men and is one of the most outstanding athletes that has ever attended M. H. S. He has a winning smile and a pleasing personality and has won many friends among his classmates. Bill plans to attend Holy Cross.

The class of 1938

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 83. 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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