Newton High School

Barbara Burgess Jack “Bussv”

Barbara Burgess Jack (“Bussv”) was one of 350 graduates in the class of 1925 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Mt. Holvoke; activities listed: Alpha and Beta; lived at 37(> Austin Street, West Newton. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 37.

Class of 1925

350 in the class of 1925 · 8 more named Jack

Full name: Barbara Burgess Jack
Known as: Bussv
Born: December 25, 1907
Lived at: 37(> Austin Street, West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Course: Classical
Came from: Peirce Grammar School
Headed for: Mt. Holvoke

Also searched as: Bussv Jack; Barb Jack; Barbara Jack; Barbara B. Jack.

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Clubs & teams 93
Neighbours 4
Same surname 4
Classmates 349
Same schools 44

In context

350 people from the Newton High School class of 1925 appear on this site, and Jack puts Barbara 145th among them. Find Barbara on page 37 of the scan; the people on this site from the Newton High School class of 1925 are spread over pages 16 to 65. Barbara has 6 first-name namesakes in the Newton High School class of 1925. Classical was the course of 142 out of 344 classmates who printed one (41%), including Barbara. This site lists 350 names for the class of 1925, against 315 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Margaret Jenkins, Berkeley Daniels Johnson, Charles Richard Johnson, Theodora Jones and 3 more
Same club	Alpha: 17 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 64 other classmates
Same earlier school	Peirce Grammar School: 31 other classmates
Same course	Classical: 142 of 344 classmates with a course (41%)
Same first name	Barbara: 6 other people in the class

What Barbara did at school

Alpha 18
Beta
Alpha Gamma Tan. '25
French Club 65
Orchestra 23

Fellow members from Barbara's own class:

What the yearbook said

Measures, not men, have always been my mark

Also grew up on Austin St., West Newton

The class of 1925

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Others named Jack

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

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Also came from Peirce Grammar School

Also headed for Mt. Holvoke

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1925, page 37. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1925newt).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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