Malden High School

Bertha Louise Evans “Bertha”

Bertha Louise Evans (“Bertha”) is one of 86 graduates in the class of 1926-A at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: headed for Boston University; activities listed: En Ka and Usona; lived at 56 Wyoming Avenue.

Class of 1926-A

86 in the class of 1926 · 73 more named Evans

Full name: Bertha Louise Evans
Known as: Bertha
Born: April 30, 1907
Lived at: 56 Wyoming Avenue, Malden, Massachusetts
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Course: General
Came from: Glenwood School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Bertha Evans; Bertha L. Evans; Evans, Bertha.

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Clubs & teams 122
Same surname 46
Classmates 85
Same schools 335

In context

Bertha Louise Evans is number 29 of 86 in the alphabetical list of the Malden High School class of 1926-A on this site. Turning the scan to page 20 shows Bertha; the portraits we read from this book run from page 14 to page 33. College or university was the plan of 32 of the 70 classmates who printed one (46%), and Bertha is listed with “Boston University”. Bertha did not arrive alone from Glenwood School: 9 other classmates name it too. In the class of 1926-A, 56% of the plans we could classify (32 of 57) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 56% in 1925 and 65% in 1927-B.

On the same scan page	Zelda Epstein, Elsie Erickson, Esther Faller, Abraham Feldman
Same club	Usona: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Glenwood School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 32 of 70 classmates with a plan (46%)
Same course	General: 19 of 86 classmates with a course (22%)

What Bertha did at school

En Ka 61
Usona 110
Dramatic Club 9
Senior Advisory Staff
Tennis 56
Bowling 37
Football Usher, ’23, ’24, ’25 176
Usona Debating Team
Chairman of Enter¬

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What the yearbook said

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The class of 1926

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Others named Evans

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Also came from Glenwood School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1926, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1926mald).

Published 1926, 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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