Newton High School

Margaret Bascom “Peggy”

Margaret Bascom (“Peggy”) is one of 116 graduates in the class of 1923 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Mt. Holyoke; lived at 445 Washington St., Newton.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 5 more named Bascom

Full name: Margaret Bascom
Known as: Peggy
Born: September 13, 1905
Lived at: 445 Washington St., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Mt. Holyoke

Also searched as: Peggy Bascom; Maggie Bascom; Bascom, Margaret.

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Neighbours 10
Same surname 4
Classmates 115
Same schools 33

In context

This site lists 116 people from the Newton High School class of 1923; sorted by surname, Margaret comes 13th. In the scan, Margaret appears on page 26, right at the start of the run of 116 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 66). Margaret is one of 76 listed under Classical among the 116 classmates whose course is printed (66%). Bigelow Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 12 people in the class, Margaret among them. For Newton High School, the site holds 116 people from the class of 1923, against 137 for 1922 and 153 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Mary Barbara Baker, Charles Elmer Barba Jr, Wendell Roberts Bauckman
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same course	Classical: 76 of 116 classmates with a course (66%)

What the yearbook said

contentment is more than a kingdom

Also grew up on Washington St., Newton

The class of 1923

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Others named Bascom

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

Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Mt. Holyoke

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

Published 1923, 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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