Newton High School

Katharine Tufts “Kay”

Katharine Tufts (“Kay”) appears in the 1923 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 170 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 7 more named Tufts

Full name: Katharine Tufts
Known as: Kay
Born: August 24, 1905
Lived at: 170 Lincoln St., Newton Highlands
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Somerville High School
Headed for: Oberlin

Also searched as: Kay Tufts; Tufts, Katharine.

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Neighbours 11
Same surname 5
Classmates 115
Same schools 3

In context

Of the 116 names from the Newton High School class of 1923 that have pages here, Katharine is 105th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 63, near the end of the stretch from page 23 to page 66 where this site found the book's portraits. Of the 116 entries in the class with a course, 76 (66%) say Classical, Katharine's among them. In the 9 classes of Newton High School between 1915 and 1925 that this site covers, 17 people have the first name Katharine. Names on this site: 116 for the class of 1923, compared with 137 for 1922 and 153 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Nancy Underhill, Olive Ann Valente, Fred Gay van Wormer
Same course	Classical: 76 of 116 classmates with a course (66%)

What the yearbook said

we know that she can toil terribly

Also grew up on Lincoln St., Newton Highlands

The class of 1923

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Others named Tufts

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

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Also came from Somerville High School

Also headed for Oberlin

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 63. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

Published 1923, 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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