Malden High School

Lena Danca

Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts, listed Lena Danca among 118 graduates in the class of 1928-B. The entry gives: came from West School; headed for Boston University; activities listed: Girls' Glee Club and Basketball. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 20.

Class of 1928-B

118 in the class of 1928 · 2 more named Danca

Full name: Lena Danca
Born: June 7, 1911
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: Commercial
Came from: West School
Headed for: Boston University

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Clubs & teams 106
Same surname 1
Classmates 117
Same schools 301

In context

118 people from the Malden High School class of 1928-B appear on this site, and Danca puts Lena 20th among them. Turning the scan to page 20 shows Lena; the portraits we read from this book run from page 13 to page 58. Lena is one of 38 listed under Commercial among the 118 classmates whose course is printed (32%). Of 90 classmates who gave a plan, 53 (59%) point to a college or university; Lena's entry says “Boston University”. Of the 77 plans printed for the class of 1928-B that name a kind of next step, 53 (69%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 65% in 1927-B and 40% in 1929-A.

On the same scan page	Marion June Daniels, William Truewirthy Davis Jr
Same club	Girls' Glee Club: 20 other classmates
Same club	Basketball: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 53 of 90 classmates with a plan (59%)
Same course	Commercial: 38 of 118 classmates with a course (32%)
The book's own title	Maldonian (editor: George Lodgen)

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The class of 1928

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Others named Danca

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

Salvadore DancaMalden 1929

Also came from West School

Also headed for Boston University

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Malden High School yearbook, 1928, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1928mald_0).

Published 1928, 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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