Clinton High School

Purvis James Carruth “Purp”

Purvis James Carruth (“Purp”), Clinton High School class of 1922 (Clinton, Massachusetts). The entry prints: College course; activities listed: Debating Club and Sophomore Dance Committee.

Class of 1922

49 in the class of 1922 · 3 more named Carruth

Full name: Purvis James Carruth
Known as: Purp
School: Clinton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: College
Pastime: “Arguing”

Also searched as: Purp Carruth; Purvis Carruth; Purvis J. Carruth; Carruth, Purvis.

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Same surname 2
Classmates 48

In context

Going through the Clinton High School class of 1922 from A to Z by surname, Purvis is the 12th of 49 names on this site. In the scan, Purvis appears on page 33, in the first third of the run of 49 portraits read for this site (pages 22 to 82). Purvis's course, College, is also the course of 11 others in the 37 entries that print one (32% in all). The yearbook's own front pages give “EVERY DAY SOME NOBLER DEED” as the class motto.

Same course	College: 12 of 37 classmates with a course (32%)
The book's own title	Memorabilia

What Purvis did at school

Debating Club
Orchestra 3, 4
Sophomore Dance Committee

The class of 1922

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Clinton High School yearbook, 1922, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memorabilia1922clin).

Published 1922, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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