Newton High School

Gayle Walcott Forbush

Gayle Walcott Forbush was one of 101 graduates in the class of 1918 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Wilson Grammar School, Natick; headed for Harvard; lived at 23 Winnemay Street, Natick. Portrait and entry from the 1918 yearbook, page 68.

Class of 1918

101 in the class of 1918 · 2 more named Forbush

Full name: Gayle Walcott Forbush
Born: October 12, 1898
Lived at: 23 Winnemay Street, Natick, Newton, Massachusetts
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1918
Course: Classical-Scientific
Came from: Wilson Grammar School, Natick
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Gayle Forbush; Gayle W. Forbush; Forbush, Gayle.

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Classmates 100
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In context

101 people from the Newton High School class of 1918 appear on this site, and Forbush puts Gayle 31st among them. The entry is on page 68 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 61 to page 87. College or university was the plan of 51 of the 80 classmates who printed one (64%), and Gayle is listed with “Harvard”. The class of 1918: 81% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 84% in 1917 and 82% in 1919.

On the same scan page	Anna Isabel Farrell, Robert Bishop Fiske, Henry Garrity
Same kind of plan	college or university: 51 of 80 classmates with a plan (64%)

What the yearbook said

203 Strathcona Hall, Cambridge

The class of 1918

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Others named Forbush

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

Gladys Gould ForbushFitchburg Normal School 1924

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Newton High School yearbook, 1918, page 68. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1918newt).

Published 1918, 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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