Needham High School

George Ilsley Davis

Needham High School in Needham, Massachusetts, listed George Ilsley Davis among 37 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: headed for Dartmouth; activities listed: Senior Play and Vice-President English Club; born in 1906. Portrait and entry from the Advocate, page 30.

Class of 1924

37 in the class of 1924 · 238 more named Davis

Full name: George Ilsley Davis
Born: February 1, 1906
Born in: Needham, Mass.
School: Needham High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Headed for: Dartmouth

Also searched as: George Davis; George I. Davis; Davis, George.

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Clubs & teams 26
Same surname 165
Classmates 36
Same schools 36

In context

Of the 37 names from the Needham High School class of 1924 that have pages here, George is 10th in surname order. In the scan, George appears on page 30, right at the start of the run of 37 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 45). George's plan is printed as “Dartmouth”, which counts here as a college or university; 10 of the 24 classmates who named a plan (42%) named the same kind. “Senior Play” appears in 21 entries from the Needham High School class of 1924, George's among them. Against 30 for 1923 and 56 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 37 names on this site.

On the same scan page	George Chandler Litchfield, Ruth Nickerson
Same club	Senior Play: 20 other classmates
Same club	Hockey: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 10 of 24 classmates with a plan (42%)
The book's own title	The Advocate (editor: George I. Davis)

What George did at school

Senior Play 38
Orchestra 1, 2, 3
Class Treasurer 1, 2
Baseball 2, 3
Vice-President English Club
Hockey 34

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Source

Needham High School yearbook, 1924, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item advocate1924need).

Published 1924, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Needham Free Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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