Melrose High School

Olive Edith Means “Olie”

Olive Edith Means (“Olie”) was one of 156 graduates in the class of 1927 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Washington School; activities listed: Masque and Wig and Euclidean Society; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the Highlights, page 44.

Class of 1927

156 in the class of 1927 · 11 more named Means

Full name: Olive Edith Means
Known as: Olie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Washington School

Also searched as: Olie Means; Olive Means; Olive E. Means; Means, Olive.

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Clubs & teams 147
Same surname 7
Classmates 155
Same schools 17

In context

Of the 156 names from the Melrose High School class of 1927 that have pages here, Olive is 101st in surname order. In the scan, Olive appears on page 44, around the middle of the run of 156 portraits read for this site (pages 10 to 65). 6 other graduates came from Washington School, the school Olive is listed as coming from. In the Melrose High School class of 1927, 23 entries mention “Traffic Squad”; Olive's is one of them. 40% of the graduates in the class of 1927 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 58% in 1926 and 74% in 1928.

On the same scan page	John V. McKown Jr, Muriel B. McLean
Same club	Masque and Wig: 13 other classmates
Same club	Euclidean Society: 24 other classmates
Same earlier school	Washington School: 6 other classmates
The book's own title	The Highlights (editor: Edward S. Amazeen)

What Olive did at school

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What the yearbook said

Four years ago Olive entered High from the Washington School. She has been outstanding in her career as one of the few girls who did not cut their hair. Although she likes the bob, she could not make up her mind to cut off her chestnut curls. Olive is not always as serious as this picture would make you think, for it is her happy smile and pleasing personality that have won her hosts of friends. She has decided to go to normal school, and we sincerely hope she has success in her future work. We will certainly miss her because she is always like the flowers of which she is so fond, lovely and sweet.

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1927, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1927melr).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Melrose Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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