Melrose High School

Alden L. van Buskirk “Ollie, Van”

Alden L. van Buskirk (“Ollie, Van”) was one of 195 graduates in the class of 1932 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Lincoln School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1932 yearbook, page 92.

Class of 1932

195 in the class of 1932 · 3 more named van Buskirk

Full name: Alden L. van Buskirk
Known as: Ollie, Van
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1932
Came from: Lincoln School

Also searched as: Alden van Buskirk; van Buskirk, Alden.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 194
Same schools 13

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1932 from A to Z, Alden is where the 195 names on this site end. In the scan, Alden appears on page 92, near the end of the run of 195 portraits read for this site (pages 15 to 99). 11 other graduates came from Lincoln School, the school Alden is listed as coming from. Of the 50 plans printed for the class of 1932 that name a kind of next step, 26 (52%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 57% in 1931.

On the same scan page	Almira Wallace
Same earlier school	Lincoln School: 11 other classmates

What Alden did at school

Masque and Wig (2), (3), (4)
Glee Club (3), (4)
Year Book Com. (4)

What the yearbook said

This good looking boy hails from Wyoming Heights, anti in the fall of ’28 came to Melrose High from the Lincoln School to follow a versatile career. His titles include those of actor, singer, athlete, and scholar. His talents seem to be more centered upon singing, and it is this that seems to be his calling, as all those who have seen him in various plays and operettas will readily assert. He prefers riding his motor-cycle, or working on machinery, to the weaker sex. His pleasing personality and willingness to be of service have made him very popular. He plans to prepare for the Massachusetts Bar by entering Boston University next fall.

The class of 1932

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Others named van Buskirk

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Eleanor L. van BuskirkWestfield Normal School 1927

Also came from Lincoln School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1932, page 92. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1932melr).

Published 1932. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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