Newton High School

Olive May Sedgley

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed Olive May Sedgley among 101 graduates in the class of 1918. The entry gives: came from Peirce School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 23 Webster Street, West Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1918 yearbook, page 80.

Class of 1918

101 in the class of 1918 · 1 more named Sedgley

Full name: Olive May Sedgley
Born: March 2, 1901
Lived at: 23 Webster Street, West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1918
Course: General
Came from: Peirce School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Olive Sedgley; Olive M. Sedgley; Sedgley, Olive.

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Neighbours 9
Classmates 100
Same schools 8

In context

Olive May Sedgley is number 79 of 101 in the alphabetical list of the Newton High School class of 1918 on this site. In the scan, Olive appears on page 80, in the last third of the run of 101 portraits read for this site (pages 61 to 87). Peirce School appears as the earlier school of 7 people in the class, Olive among them. In the Newton High School class of 1918, 18% of the 101 printed courses are General (18 people), Olive included. Names on this site: 101 for the class of 1918, compared with 105 for 1917 and 98 for 1919.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Rose, George Cross Scott
Same earlier school	Peirce School: 6 other classmates
Same course	General: 18 of 101 classmates with a course (18%)

What the yearbook said

Wishing, of all employments, is the worst

Also grew up on Webster St., West Newton

The class of 1918

All 101 in this class →

Also came from Peirce School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1918, page 80. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1918newt).

Published 1918, 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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