Newton High School

Richard Daniell Bolster “Dick”

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed Richard Daniell Bolster (“Dick”) among 116 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: headed for Harvard; activities listed: English Club and Alpha Gamma Tau; lived at 29 Exeter St., West Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 27.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 6 more named Bolster

Full name: Richard Daniell Bolster
Known as: Dick
Born: May 16, 1906
Lived at: 29 Exeter St., West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Classical
Came from: Pierce Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Dick Bolster; Richard Bolster; Richard D. Bolster; Rick Bolster.

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 2
Same surname 4
Classmates 115
Same schools 101

In context

This site lists 116 people from the Newton High School class of 1923; sorted by surname, Richard comes 15th. The entry is on page 27 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 66. Richard is one of 5 in the Newton High School class of 1923 whose entry names Pierce Grammar School as the school they came from. In the Newton High School class of 1923, 66% of the 116 printed courses are Classical (76 people), Richard included. The class of 1923: 89% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 75% in 1922 and 86% in 1924.

Same earlier school	Pierce Grammar School: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 59 of 89 classmates with a plan (66%)
Same course	Classical: 76 of 116 classmates with a course (66%)

At home, 29 Exeter St., West Newton

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Marshall Grant BolsterNewton 1919

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The class of 1923

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Others named Bolster

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

Also came from Pierce Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 27. 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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