Newton High School

Frederick Wildes Adams

Frederick Wildes Adams appears in the 1917 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 19 Fairfax St., West Newton. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1917

105 in the class of 1917 · 139 more named Adams

Full name: Frederick Wildes Adams
Born: March 3, 1901
Lived at: 19 Fairfax St., West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Course: Scientific
Came from: Pierce Grammar School
Headed for: M.I.T

Also searched as: Fred Adams; Frederick Adams; Frederick W. Adams; Freddie Adams.

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Household 1
Neighbours 3
Same surname 96
Classmates 104
Same schools 15

In context

Of the 105 entries from the Newton High School class of 1917 read for this site, Frederick's is 2nd alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 21, right at the start of the stretch from page 21 to page 56 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Frederick runs through 8 classes of Newton High School (1915 to 1925), 17 people in all. “M.I.T” is Frederick's plan after graduation; 56 of 79 classmates with a printed plan (71%) named a college or university. In the class of 1917, 84% of the plans we could classify (56 of 67) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 92% in 1916 and 81% in 1918.

On the same scan page	Caroline Mary Adams, Clark Alvord
Same kind of plan	college or university: 56 of 79 classmates with a plan (71%)
Same course	Scientific: 26 of 105 classmates with a course (25%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

At home, 19 Fairfax St., West Newton

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

Caroline Mary AdamsNewton 1917

Also grew up on Fairfax St., West Newton

The class of 1917

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Others named Adams

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Pierce Grammar School

Also headed for M.I.T

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1917, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1917newt).

Published 1917, 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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