Newton High School

Lester Learnard Dowd

Class of 1914, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Lester Learnard Dowd. The yearbook entry prints: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Williams; lived at 30 Berwick Rd., Newton Centre. Portrait and entry from the 1914 yearbook, page 30.

Class of 1914

119 in the class of 1914 · 21 more named Dowd

Full name: Lester Learnard Dowd
Born: April 12, 1897.
Lived at: 30 Berwick Rd., Newton Centre
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1914
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Williams

Also searched as: Les Dowd; Lester Dowd; Lester L. Dowd; Dowd, Lester.

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 19
Classmates 118
Same schools 70

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 119 names from the Newton High School class of 1914, Lester stands 32nd. Lester's portrait is on scan page 30, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 53. Classical was the course of 75 out of 119 classmates who printed one (63%), including Lester. 23 other seniors came from Mason Grammar School, the school Lester is listed as coming from. Helen (6), Margaret (5) and Ruth (5) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1914, and Marion (8) and Helen (6) in the class of 1915.

On the same scan page	Lois Moderwell Dowley, Dwight Kenneth Dunmore
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 58 of 79 classmates with a plan (73%)
Same course	Classical: 75 of 119 classmates with a course (63%)

What the yearbook said

Class Football, 1911. Cross Country, 1913. Captain Class Track, 1914.

Also grew up on Berwick Rd., Newton Centre

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Others named Dowd

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

Also headed for Williams

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Newton High School yearbook, 1914, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1914newt).

Published 1914, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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