Malden High School

Bessie Shor “Bess”

Bessie Shor (“Bess”) was one of 133 graduates in the class of 1927 at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; came from Faulkner School; headed for Stenographer. Portrait and entry from the Owapam, page 36.

Class of 1927

133 in the class of 1927 · 3 more named Shor

Full name: Bessie Shor
Known as: Bess
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Commercial
Came from: Faulkner School
Headed for: Stenographer

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Same surname 2
Classmates 132
Same schools 179

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 133 names from the Malden High School class of 1927, Bessie stands 117th. Find Bessie on page 36 of the scan; the people on this site from the Malden High School class of 1927 are spread over pages 12 to 42. Bessie did not arrive alone from Faulkner School: 22 other graduates name it too. Bessie's plan is printed as “Stenographer”, which counts here as going to work; 18 of the 108 classmates who named a plan (17%) named the same kind. 27% of those in the class of 1927 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 33% in 1926 and 24% in 1928-B.

On the same scan page	Abraham Shain, Judith Shear, Isadore Sher, Hester Rockwell Shores
Same earlier school	Faulkner School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 18 of 108 classmates with a plan (17%)
Same course	Commercial: 48 of 132 classmates with a course (36%)

What the yearbook said

r Were she perfect, one would admire her more but love her less.

The class of 1927

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Others named Shor

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Also came from Faulkner School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 36. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1927mald).

Published 1927, 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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