Boston Latin School

William Irving Monroe Jr “Farmer, Bill”

William Irving Monroe Jr (“Farmer, Bill”), Boston Latin School class of 1927 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Bennett School; headed for Yale; activities listed: Football Squad and Debating Club.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 23 more named Monroe

Full name: William Irving Monroe Jr
Known as: Farmer, Bill
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Bennett School
Headed for: Yale

Also searched as: Bill Monroe; William Monroe; William I. Monroe; Billy Monroe.

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Clubs & teams 11
Same surname 19
Classmates 121
Same schools 16

In context

William Irving Monroe Jr is number 75 of 122 in the alphabetical list of the Boston Latin School class of 1927 on this site. William's portrait is on scan page 369, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 347 to 381. The first name William appears 78 times in the 12 Boston Latin School classes read for this site (1919 to 1945), most often in 1943 (16). William's plan is printed as “Yale”, which counts here as a college or university; 92 of the 100 classmates who named a plan (92%) named the same kind. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1927 has 122 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 104 for 1926 and 146 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Bertram Samuel Matz, Vernon William Mayo, Milton Moskowitz
Same club	Debating Club: 5 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. 1922
Football Squad
Debating Club 32
Secretary Debating Club, 1926-27 32
Captain 1st Company, 4th Regiment, 1926-27

Fellow members from William's own class:

What the yearbook said

The little tyrant of his fields.

The class of 1927

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Others named Monroe

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Also came from Bennett School

Also headed for Yale

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 369. 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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