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<font size=3>At 1/9/2010 09:38 AM, Bill Palmer wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Today's Raleigh News &
Observer reveals that in 1921, Mr & Mrs. Loomis High of Wilson NC
named their new little boy "Junior".</blockquote><br>
I wondered, so ... the OED's earliest citation for "junior high
school" is 1909. Like other fads, it was probably popular for
a while.<br><br>
Joel</font></body>
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