Leominster High School

Katherine Benson “Benny”

Katherine Benson (“Benny”) is one of 95 graduates in the class of 1931 at Leominster High School, Leominster, Massachusetts. The 1931 yearbook entry gives: Normal Course; headed for Fitchburg Normal; activities listed: Dramatic Club and Junior Red Cross Club.

Class of 1931

95 in the class of 1931 · 39 more named Benson

Full name: Katherine Benson
Known as: Benny
School: Leominster High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Normal Course
Headed for: Fitchburg Normal

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Clubs & teams 25
Same surname 31
Classmates 94
Same schools 3

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 95 names from the Leominster High School class of 1931, Katherine stands 5th. In the scan, Katherine appears on page 7, right at the start of the run of 95 portraits read for this site (pages 6 to 21). 15 of the 65 classmates who printed a course (23%) took Normal Course, as Katherine did. Among the 62 people in the class who printed a plan, 8 (13%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Katherine did (“Fitchburg Normal”). The class of 1931: teacher training led the printed plans at 40%. The class of 1933: college or university at 50%.

On the same scan page	Alice Berg, Emile Bessette, Barbara Bicknell, Lansing Bicknell and 3 more
Same club	Chorus: 18 other classmates
Same club	Hockey: 5 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 8 of 62 classmates with a plan (13%)
Same course	Normal Course: 15 of 65 classmates with a course (23%)
The book's own title	The Magnet

What Katherine did at school

Dramatic Club
Junior Red Cross Club
Chorus 26
Hockey 41
Track 19
Senior Prom Committee
Senior Reception Committee
Operetta
Home Room Basketball

Fellow members from Katherine's own class:

What the yearbook said

“Through light and shadow thou dost range.’

The class of 1931

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Others named Benson

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

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Also headed for Fitchburg Normal

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Source

Leominster High School yearbook, 1931, page 7. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item leominsterhighsc1931unse).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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