Newton High School

Lilla Mariam Ritcey “Lill”

Lilla Mariam Ritcey (“Lill”) was one of 137 graduates in the class of 1922 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 300 Centre St., Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1922 yearbook, page 56.

Class of 1922

137 in the class of 1922 · 1 more named Ritcey

Full name: Lilla Mariam Ritcey
Known as: Lill
Born: August 3, 1905
Lived at: 300 Centre St., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Lill Ritcey; Lilla Ritcey; Lilla M. Ritcey; Ritcey, Lilla.

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Neighbours 8
Classmates 136
Same schools 92

In context

This site lists 137 people from the Newton High School class of 1922; sorted by surname, Lilla comes 106th. Lilla is printed on page 56 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-65 run of portrait pages. Classical was the course of 82 out of 137 classmates who printed one (60%), including Lilla. Lilla did not arrive alone from Bigelow Grammar School: 14 other graduates name it too. 75% of the graduates in the class of 1922 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 86% in 1921 and 89% in 1923.

On the same scan page	Ruth Ida Robbins, Francis Henry Russell, Robert Dennison Salinger
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 57 of 105 classmates with a plan (54%)
Same course	Classical: 82 of 137 classmates with a course (60%)

What the yearbook said

principle is ever my motto

Also grew up on Centre St., Newton

The class of 1922

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Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Newton High School yearbook, 1922, page 56. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1922newt).

Published 1922, 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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