Newton High School

Chester Howard Whelden Jr

Chester Howard Whelden Jr was one of 105 graduates in the class of 1917 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 93 Madison Ave., Newtonville. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 55.

Class of 1917

105 in the class of 1917 · 3 more named Whelden

Full name: Chester Howard Whelden Jr
Born: November 15, 1899
Lived at: 93 Madison Ave., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Chester Whelden; Chester H. Whelden; Whelden, Chester.

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 2
Classmates 104
Same schools 66

In context

Of the 105 entries from the Newton High School class of 1917 read for this site, Chester's is 99th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 55 shows Chester; the portraits we read from this book run from page 21 to page 56. Among the 79 people in the class who printed a plan, 56 (71%) named a college or university, as Chester did (“Harvard”). Counting Chester, 11 people in the class are listed as coming from Bigelow Grammar School. Names on this site: 105 for the class of 1917, compared with 86 for 1916 and 101 for 1918.

On the same scan page	Allen Peter Wiley, Earl Dudley Wood
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 56 of 79 classmates with a plan (71%)
Same course	Classical: 53 of 105 classmates with a course (50%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

What the yearbook said

man seems the only growth that dwindled there" "chet

Also grew up on Madison Ave., Newtonville

The class of 1917

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Others named Whelden

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

Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1917, page 55. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1917newt).

Published 1917, 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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