Wheaton College · Norton, Massachusetts
Dorothy Frances Gay “Dot”
Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, listed Dorothy Frances Gay (“Dot”) among 113 graduates in the class of 1931. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1931
113 in the class of 1931 · 31 more named Gay
- Full name
- Dorothy Frances Gay
- Known as
- Dot
- School
- Wheaton College
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
Also searched as: Dot Gay; Dorothy Gay; Dorothy F. Gay; Dottie Gay.
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 113 names from the Wheaton College class of 1931, Dorothy stands 35th. In the scan, Dorothy appears on page 53, in the first third of the run of 113 portraits read for this site (pages 41 to 93). The first name Dorothy runs through 5 classes of Wheaton College (1921 to 1931), 23 people in all, and is most common in 1931 (7). Count the first names and the class of 1931 gives Elizabeth (8) and Margaret (8), where the class of 1930 gives Mary (7), Dorothy (6) and Helen (6).
| On the same scan page | Eunice Garland, Helena Mildred Glenn |
|---|---|
| Same first name | Dorothy: 6 other people in the class |
What the page does not say. No home address for Dorothy. Other entries in the Wheaton College class of 1931 carry it far more often (home address 54%), so either the book did not print it or our reading missed it; the scan has the final word.
What Dorothy did at school
- Head of Make-Up 4
- Chairman of Rooms 4
- Musical Club 3, 4
The class of 1931
Eunice GarlandWheaton College 1931
Helena Mildred GlennWheaton College 1931
Rachel Lee GardnerWheaton College 1931
Barbara GlossaWheaton College 1931
Barbara Irene GammonWheaton College 1931
Mena GoliniWheaton College 1931
Others named Gay
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Muriel Blanche GayNeedham 1928
Harold Joseph GayWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1927
Clara GayBelmont 1923
Marion GayFitchburg 1916
Frederick GayFitchburg 1924
Ralph Waldo GayFitchburg 1927
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Source
Wheaton College yearbook, 1931, page 53.
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Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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