Boston Latin School

William Leo Cannon “Bill”

William Leo Cannon (“Bill”), Boston Latin School class of 1928 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Bennett School; headed for Boston College; a motto.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 32 more named Cannon

Full name: William Leo Cannon
Known as: Bill
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Bennett School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Bill Cannon; William Cannon; William L. Cannon; Billy Cannon.

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Same surname 24
Classmates 145
Same schools 73

In context

Of the 146 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1928 that have pages here, William is 16th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 40 shows William; the portraits we read from this book run from page 36 to page 75. Among the 119 people in the class who printed a plan, 110 (92%) named a college or university, as William did (“Boston College”). 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). In the class of 1928, 98% of the plans we could classify (110 of 112) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	John A. Cahalane, Ralph Edward Casey, Paul Joseph Catinella
Same kind of plan	college or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What the yearbook said

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

The class of 1928

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1928bost_4).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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