Newton High School

Helen Hamlin Gordon “Mouse”

Helen Hamlin Gordon (“Mouse”) is one of 125 graduates in the class of 1920 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1920 yearbook entry gives: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Smith; lived at 126 Sumner St., Newton Centre, Mass.

Class of 1920

125 in the class of 1920 · 77 more named Gordon

Full name: Helen Hamlin Gordon
Known as: Mouse
Born: November 17, 1901
Lived at: 126 Sumner St., Newton Centre, Mass
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Smith

Also searched as: Mouse Gordon; Helen Gordon; Helen H. Gordon; Gordon, Helen.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 67
Classmates 124
Same schools 50

In context

Of the 125 entries from the Newton High School class of 1920 read for this site, Helen's is 43rd alphabetically. Find Helen on page 30 of the scan; the people on this site from the Newton High School class of 1920 are spread over pages 21 to 52. The name Helen appears 6 times among the 125 names on this site from the class. Helen did not arrive alone from Mason Grammar School: 14 other graduates name it too. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1920 has 125 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 98 for 1919 and 105 for 1921.

On the same scan page	Granville Fisher, Ethel Louise Frail, Virginia Gardiner, David Kimball Grant
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 68 of 95 classmates with a plan (72%)
Same course	Classical: 90 of 125 classmates with a course (72%)
Same first name	Helen: 5 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

hitch your wagon to a star

Also grew up on Sumner St., Newton Centre, Mass

The class of 1920

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Others named Gordon

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Smith

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1920, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1920newt).

Published 1920, 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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