Newton High School

Katherine Frances Gorman “Kay”

Katherine Frances Gorman (“Kay”) is one of 350 graduates in the class of 1925 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: came from Watertown High School; headed for Framingham Normal; lived at 58 Richardson Street, Newton.

Class of 1925

350 in the class of 1925 · 36 more named Gorman

Full name: Katherine Frances Gorman
Known as: Kay
Born: August 6. 1907
Lived at: 58 Richardson Street, Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Course: Clerical Til
Came from: Watertown High School
Headed for: Framingham Normal

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 33
Classmates 349
Same schools 11

In context

Of the 350 entries from the Newton High School class of 1925 read for this site, Katherine's is 114th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 31 shows Katherine; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 65. Of 223 classmates who gave a plan, 15 (7%) point to a normal school or teachers college; Katherine's entry says “Framingham Normal”. In the Newton High School class of 1925, 4% of the 344 printed courses are Clerical Til (15 people), Katherine included. A college or university was the plan of 122 of 145 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1925 (84%), compared with 86% in 1924 and 89% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Mary Ann Calvin, Mildred Webster Gates, George Edward Gerrie, Francis Joseph Gilligan and 3 more
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 15 of 223 classmates with a plan (7%)
Same course	Clerical Til: 15 of 344 classmates with a course (4%)
The book's own title	The Newtonian

At home, 58 Richardson Street, Newton

The 1936 Newton Directory lists these people named Gorman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Katherine F Gorman, nurse lived herepage

The Gorman household is listed here in 1938 and 1940 too.

What the yearbook said

Zealous, yet modest

Also grew up on Richardson Street, Newton

The class of 1925

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Others named Gorman

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

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Also came from Watertown High School

Also headed for Framingham Normal

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1925, page 31. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1925newt).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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