Newton High School

Abbott Gotshall “Shrimp”

Class of 1923, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Abbott Gotshall (“Shrimp”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 46 Arlington St., Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 36.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 4 more named Gotshall

Full name: Abbott Gotshall
Known as: Shrimp
Born: November 23, 1906
Lived at: 46 Arlington St., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Shrimp Gotshall; Gotshall, Abbott.

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Household 1
Neighbours 5
Same surname 2
Classmates 115
Same schools 187

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Of the 116 entries from the Newton High School class of 1923 read for this site, Abbott's is 40th alphabetically. The entry is on page 36 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 66. College or university was the plan of 59 of the 89 classmates who printed one (66%), and Abbott is listed with “Boston University”. The yearbook lists 12 people from the Newton High School class of 1923 as coming from Bigelow Grammar School, including Abbott. 89% of the graduates in the class of 1923 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 75% in 1922 and 86% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Foster Gladwin, Dwight Sargent Goddard, Thomas D. Gotshall Jr
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 59 of 89 classmates with a plan (66%)
Same course	Classical: 76 of 116 classmates with a course (66%)

At home, 46 Arlington St., Newton

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Thomas D. Gotshall JrNewton 1923

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Others named Gotshall

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Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 36. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

Published 1923, 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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