Brookline High School

Marion Bowman “Buddy”

Marion Bowman (“Buddy”) is one of 103 graduates in the class of 1923 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1923 yearbook entry gives: activities listed: Girls' Gym Team and Class Day Dance; lived at 15 Green Street; a motto.

Class of 1923

103 in the class of 1923 · 28 more named Bowman

Full name: Marion Bowman
Known as: Buddy
Lived at: 15 Green Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Ambition: “To get an A in shorthand from Miss Young”
Pastime: “Dancing, canoeing”

Also searched as: Buddy Bowman; Bowman, Marion.

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Clubs & teams 52
Neighbours 7
Same surname 18
Classmates 102

In context

Of the 103 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1923 read for this site, Marion's is 11th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 25 shows Marion; the portraits we read from this book run from page 22 to page 51. Marion is listed under “Class Day Dance”, along with 10 other classmates. In the 8 classes of Brookline High School between 1923 and 1931 that this site covers, 24 people have the first name Marion, with the largest group (6) in 1925. Among first names, the class of 1923 favours Dorothy (6) and Mary (6); the class of 1924 had Helen (5), James (5) and Mary (5).

On the same scan page	Eleanor L. Bowker, Grace H. Bradley, Mary E. Carlisle
Same club	Class Day Dance: 10 other classmates
Same club	Year Book Committee: 4 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“Arthur W. Roberts IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE”

What Marion did at school

Girls' Gym Team 5
Girls’ Baseball Team ’20
Class Day Dance 173
Marshal ’21
Home Room Committee ’22
Prize Speaking Chorus
Freshman Advisor ’23
Vice-President Domestic Science Club ’23 99
Class Day Committee ’23 39
Year Book Committee 68
Sagamore Staff ’23 153

Fellow members from Marion's own class:

What the yearbook said

There was a laughing devil in her voice

Also grew up on Green Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Bowman

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 25. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1923broo).

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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