Newton High School

Eleanor Leighton “Ellie Born February 15, 1903”

Class of 1921, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Eleanor Leighton (“Ellie Born February 15, 1903”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Horace Mann Grammar School; headed for Skidmore School of Arts; lived at 17 Proctor St., Newtonville, Mass. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 40.

Class of 1921

105 in the class of 1921 · 24 more named Leighton

Full name: Eleanor Leighton
Known as: Ellie Born February 15, 1903
Lived at: 17 Proctor St., Newtonville, Mass
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1921
Course: Classical
Came from: Horace Mann Grammar School
Headed for: Skidmore School of Arts

Also searched as: Ellie Leighton; Nell Leighton; Leighton, Eleanor.

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Same surname 21
Classmates 104
Same schools 14

In context

Eleanor Leighton is number 56 of 105 in the alphabetical list of the Newton High School class of 1921 on this site. Eleanor's portrait is on scan page 40, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 23 to 52. Eleanor's course, Classical, is also the course of 61 others in the 105 entries that print one (59% in all). Eleanor is one of 7 in the Newton High School class of 1921 whose entry names Horace Mann Grammar School as the school they came from. 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	Beatrice Lane, Leonard Frederick Lawrence, Donald William Leonard, Raymond Davis Leonard
Same earlier school	Horace Mann Grammar School: 6 other classmates
Same course	Classical: 62 of 105 classmates with a course (59%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

What the yearbook said

if maidens will be young and fair, THEY HAVE THE GIFT TO KNOW IT

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Also headed for Skidmore School of Arts

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Newton High School yearbook, 1921, page 40. 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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