Newton High School

Helen Woods “Woodsie”

Helen Woods (“Woodsie”) is one of 105 graduates in the class of 1921 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1921 yearbook entry gives: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Mt. Holyoke; lived at 123 Sumner St., Newton Centre, Mass.

Class of 1921

105 in the class of 1921 · 61 more named Woods

Full name: Helen Woods
Known as: Woodsie
Born: May 1, 1903
Lived at: 123 Sumner St., Newton Centre, Mass
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1921
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Mt. Holyoke

Also searched as: Woodsie Woods; Woods, Helen.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 49
Classmates 104
Same schools 43

In context

105 people from the Newton High School class of 1921 appear on this site, and Woods puts Helen 102nd among them. In the scan, Helen appears on page 51, near the end of the run of 105 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 52). Mason Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 10 people in the class, Helen among them. Of the 105 entries in the class with a course, 62 (59%) say Classical, Helen's among them. The class of 1921: 86% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 89% in 1920 and 75% in 1922.

On the same scan page	Katherine White, Rufus Saxton Wilson Jr, Mary Woodcock, Ernest Harold Woodworth
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 9 other classmates
Same course	Classical: 62 of 105 classmates with a course (59%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

What the yearbook said

sunshine for all

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

The class of 1921

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Others named Woods

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Mt. Holyoke

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1921, page 51. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1921newt).

Published 1921, 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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