Newton High School

Elizabeth Huse Leeds “Libby, Liza”

Class of 1923, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Huse Leeds (“Libby, Liza”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Wellesley; lived at 237 Park St., Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 43.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 2 more named Leeds

Full name: Elizabeth Huse Leeds
Known as: Libby, Liza
Born: January 13, 1906
Lived at: 237 Park St., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Wellesley

Also searched as: Betty Leeds; Elizabeth Leeds; Elizabeth H. Leeds; Beth Leeds.

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Household 1
Neighbours 16
Classmates 115
Same schools 46

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 116 names from the Newton High School class of 1923, Elizabeth stands 55th. Elizabeth is printed on page 43 of the scan, around the middle of the 23-to-66 run of portrait pages. Elizabeth's plan is printed as “Wellesley”, which counts here as a college or university; 59 of the 89 classmates who named a plan (66%) named the same kind. In the 15 classes of Newton High School between 1910 and 1928 that this site covers, 55 people have the first name Elizabeth, with the largest group (10) in 1928. Of the 66 plans printed for the class of 1923 that name a kind of next step, 59 (89%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 75% in 1922 and 86% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Robert Edward Lemont, Mary Florence Lichliter, Katharine Lincoln
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 59 of 89 classmates with a plan (66%)
Same course	Classical: 76 of 116 classmates with a course (66%)

At home, 237 Park St., Newton

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Edmund I. Leeds JrNewton 1922

What the yearbook said

hooks are her passion and delight

Also grew up on Park St., Newton

The class of 1923

All 116 in this class →

Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Wellesley

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Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 43. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

Published 1923, 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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