Newton High School

Barbara Randel Cooke “Bobby”

Barbara Randel Cooke (“Bobby”) is one of 116 graduates in the class of 1923 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: came from Claflin Grammar School; headed for Vassar; lived at 201 Bighland Ave., Newtonville.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 20 more named Cooke

Full name: Barbara Randel Cooke
Known as: Bobby
Born: Horn May 29, 1904
Lived at: 201 Bighland Ave., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Claflin Grammar School
Headed for: Vassar

Also searched as: Bobby Cooke; Barb Cooke; Barbara Cooke; Barbara R. Cooke.

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Same surname 18
Classmates 115
Same schools 44

In context

Of the 116 names from the Newton High School class of 1923 that have pages here, Barbara is 26th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 31 shows Barbara; the portraits we read from this book run from page 23 to page 66. From 1912 to 1928, 23 Newton High School graduates on this site share the first name Barbara, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 7 in 1925. Barbara's plan is printed as “Vassar”, which counts here as a college or university; 59 of the 89 classmates who named a plan (66%) named the same kind. Eleanor (6), Charles (5) and Mary (5) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1923, and Elizabeth (9) and John (7) in the class of 1922.

On the same scan page	Charles Leonard Cotton, Caroline Greene Cummings, Philip Eustis Darling
Same earlier school	Claflin Grammar School: 9 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%)

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Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 31. 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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