Melrose High School

Douglas W. Curtis “Doug”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Douglas W. Curtis (“Doug”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 34.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 68 more named Curtis

Full name: Douglas W. Curtis
Known as: Doug
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: college

Also searched as: Doug Curtis; Douglas Curtis; Curtis, Douglas.

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Same surname 50
Classmates 276
Same schools 122

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, Douglas's is 43rd alphabetically. The entry is on page 34 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. Among the 120 people in the class who printed a plan, 54 (45%) named a college or university, as Douglas did (“college”). Douglas did not arrive alone from Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates name it too. Plans for a college or university made up 56% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1938 (54 of 96), against 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Charles J. Curran, Jane Cushman, Barbara R. Daniels
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What the yearbook said

Roosevelt School Doug wandered into high school from the Roosevelt School four long years ago. His quick wit and likeable personality have won him many friends, and today he is one of the most popular boys in the school. Doug plans to go on to college and we know that his high scholastic average will carry him far there. We all wish you the best of luck, Doug.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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