Cambridge High and Latin School

William Joseph Flynn “Bill”

Class of 1926, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Joseph Flynn (“Bill”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 22 Magazine Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 58.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 95 more named Flynn

Full name: William Joseph Flynn
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 22 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

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Group photos 11
Neighbours 48
Same surname 87
Classmates 461
Same schools 392

In context

William Joseph Flynn is number 139 of 462 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Find William on page 58 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 are spread over pages 23 to 140. Of 388 classmates who gave a plan, 197 (51%) point to a college or university; William's entry says “Boston University”. Magazine Street is the street of 5 other classmates of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 besides William. Of the 355 plans printed for the class of 1926 that name a kind of next step, 197 (55%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Francis John Foley, Gerald Foley, Ruth Pearl Fox
Same street	Magazine Street: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 37 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)
Same first name	William: 10 other people in the class

At home, 22 Magazine Street

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Flynn at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James A Flynn (wife Ellen E), foreman householderpage
Wm Flynn, interior decorator lived herepage
Wm Flynn, machinist lived herepage

The Flynn household is listed here in 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against William's senior portrait.

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What William did at school

Room Committee, 1923-25
Inter-Class Debating, 1924-25-26
Review Staff, 1925-26
Inter-Class Track, 1925
Debating Council, 1925-26, President 1926
Senior Drama Committee, 1926
Debating Team, 1925-26
Literary Club, 1926
Debating Club, 1926, President

What the yearbook said

Determined and energetic, Now and then sympathetic

Also grew up on Magazine Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Flynn

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 58. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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