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Portrait of Dorothy E. Files, Brookline High School, class of 1926
As printed in the 1926 yearbook

Brookline High School

Dorothy E. Files “Dot, Stub”

Dorothy E. Files (“Dot, Stub”), Brookline High School class of 1926 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for University of Maine; activities listed: French Club; lived at 90 Cypress Street.

Class of 1926

171 in the class of 1926 · 4 more named Files

Full name
Dorothy E. Files
Known as
Dot, Stub
Lived at
90 Cypress Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School
Brookline High School
Graduated
Class of 1926
Headed for
University of Maine
Ambition
“To pass a map test in History”
Pastime
“Sports”

Also searched as: Dot Files; Dorothy Files; Dottie Files; Files, Dorothy.

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In context

Of the 171 names from the Brookline High School class of 1926 that have pages here, Dorothy is 42nd in surname order. Dorothy is printed on page 39 of the scan, in the first third of the 26-to-80 run of portrait pages. Among the 60 people in the class who printed a plan, 36 (60%) named a college or university, as Dorothy did (“University of Maine”). Across 9 classes of Brookline High School on this site, from 1923 to 1931, 50 people are named Dorothy; the class of 1926 has the most, 7. In the class of 1926, 68% of the plans we could classify (36 of 53) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 71% in 1925 and 75% in 1927.

On the same scan pageRuth Farwell, Marian Finn
Same clubFrench Club: 51 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 36 of 60 classmates with a plan (60%)
Same first nameDorothy: 6 other people in the class

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What the yearbook said

Silence is the perfect herald of joy

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1926, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1926broo).

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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