Newton High School

Edward William Desmond “Des,'' Ed”

Edward William Desmond (“Des,'' Ed”), Newton High School class of 1921 (Newton, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Horace Mann Grammar School; headed for Boston College; lived at 51 Wildwood Ave., Xewtonville, Mass.

Class of 1921

105 in the class of 1921 · 21 more named Desmond

Full name: Edward William Desmond
Known as: Des,'' Ed
Born: October 23, 1902
Lived at: 51 Wildwood Ave., Xewtonville, Mass
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1921
Course: Classical
Came from: Horace Mann Grammar School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Ed Desmond; Edward Desmond; Edward W. Desmond; Eddie Desmond.

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Same surname 20
Classmates 104
Same schools 43

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This site lists 105 people from the Newton High School class of 1921; sorted by surname, Edward comes 25th. Edward is printed on page 31 of the scan, in the first third of the 23-to-52 run of portrait pages. Edward did not arrive alone from Horace Mann Grammar School: 6 other classmates name it too. Of 74 classmates who gave a plan, 48 (65%) point to a college or university; Edward's entry says “Boston College”. In the class of 1921, 86% of the plans we could classify (48 of 56) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 89% in 1920 and 75% in 1922.

On the same scan page	Louise Helen Diane, Garibaldi Edward Diluzio, John Joseph Dunleavy, Alice Eleanor Ann Duvall
Same earlier school	Horace Mann Grammar School: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 48 of 74 classmates with a plan (65%)
Same course	Classical: 62 of 105 classmates with a course (59%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

What the yearbook said

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Newton High School yearbook, 1921, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1921newt).

Published 1921, 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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