Somerville High School

Ethel L. Benson “BENNIE”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Ethel L. Benson (“BENNIE”) among 299 graduates in the class of 1920. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.

Class of 1920

299 in the class of 1920 · 39 more named Benson

Full name: Ethel L. Benson
Known as: BENNIE
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1920

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Same surname 30
Classmates 298

In context

Of the 299 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1920 read for this site, Ethel's is 15th alphabetically. Ethel's portrait is on scan page 235, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 20 to 287. From 1920 to 1931, 19 Somerville High School graduates on this site share the first name Ethel, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 5 in 1922. For Somerville High School, the site holds 299 people from the class of 1920, against 199 for 1921.

On the same scan page	V. Byron Bennett, Helen C. Bensaia, Andrew C. Berry, Nellie Bertram and 1 more

What the page does not say. No home address, no course, no clubs or activities here. Classmates' entries carry them often (home address 89%, course 87% and clubs or activities 56%); if Ethel's entry has them on the scan, our reading missed them and we would like to hear.

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 235. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervil1920some).

Published 1920, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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