Somerville High School

Fortis E. Hart “BILL”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Fortis E. Hart (“BILL”) among 299 graduates in the class of 1920. The entry gives: CoM MERCIAL course; activities listed: Alpha Zeta Phi; lived at 30 Francesca Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1920 yearbook, page 254.

Class of 1920

299 in the class of 1920 · 55 more named Hart

Full name: Fortis E. Hart
Known as: BILL
Lived at: 30 Francesca Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: CoM MERCIAL

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 11
Neighbours 11
Same surname 42
Classmates 298

In context

This site lists 299 people from the Somerville High School class of 1920; sorted by surname, Fortis comes 127th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 254, in the last third of the stretch from page 20 to page 287 where this site found the book's portraits. 109 of the 260 classmates who printed a course (42%) took CoM MERCIAL, as Fortis did. Fortis shared “Alpha Zeta Phi” with 8 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. The class of 1920: 23% of printed courses lead to college, versus 35% in 1917-B and 23% in 1921.

On the same scan page	Esther D. Hamilton, William P. Hanley, Mary K. Harer, Lena Harriman and 1 more
Same club	Alpha Zeta Phi: 8 other classmates
Same course	CoM MERCIAL: 109 of 260 classmates with a course (42%)

At home, 30 Francesca Avenue

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

Fortis E. HartSomerville 1921

What Fortis did at school

Baseball Manager (4)
Physical Training Leader (3)
“Professor Pepp”
Vice-President English Drama Club (4)
Alpha Zeta Phi 25

Fellow members from Fortis's own class:

What the yearbook said

Oy Sw Al B-

Also grew up on Francesca Ave

The class of 1920

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Fortis E. HartSomerville 1921

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 254. 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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