Arthur Tracy – vaudeville performer, singer, actor, known as "The Street Singer" (130th Class)[2]
V
William Scott Vare - U.S. Congressman (1912-1927), Pennsylvania State Senator (1922-1923), U.S. Senator Elect (1927-1929), Republican political boss in Philadelphia
Jeremiah Wright – former Senior Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (211th Class)
Ed Wynn (until age 15) – entertainer, actor, comedian, producer (110th Class)[2]
Y
Charles Yerkes – industrialist and financier (27th Class)
Will Yip – record producer, songwriter, and musician (264th Class)
Guide to class numbers
Since graduates are usually identified in the school community by class number, the year in which they graduated is not immediately obvious. This section explains the relation between class number and graduation date.
The first class graduated in June 1842. Through much of the school's history, there were two graduating classes per year, in January and June. But in some years, including all years after 1965, there was only one graduating class, in June. The following list details the correspondence between class number and graduation date.[15]
1 June 1842
2 June 1843
3 January 1844
4 June 1844
... 2 classes per year ...
75 January 1880
76 June 1880
77 June 1881
78 June 1882
79 January 1883
... 2 classes per year ...
95 January 1891
96 June 1891
97 June 1892
... 1 class per year ...
116 June 1911
117 January 1912
118 June 1912
.... 2 classes per year ...
223 January 1965
224 June 1965
225 June 1966
... 1 class per year ...
Thus, for classes graduating after 1965, the class number equals the graduation year minus 1741.