Newton High School
Robert Carr Adams Jr “Bob, Carr”
Robert Carr Adams Jr (“Bob, Carr”) appears in the 1925 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 721 Webster Street, Needham. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1925
350 in the class of 1925 · 139 more named Adams
- Full name
- Robert Carr Adams Jr
- Known as
- Bob, Carr
- Born
- May 22, 1906
- Lived at
- 721 Webster Street, Needham, Newton, Massachusetts
- School
- Newton High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
- Course
- Classical
- Came from
- Kimball Grammar School, Needham
- Headed for
- Bowdoin
Also searched as: Bob Adams; Robert Adams; Robert C. Adams; Bobby Adams.
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In context
350 people from the Newton High School class of 1925 appear on this site, and Adams puts Robert at the head of them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 16, right at the start of the stretch from page 16 to page 65 where this site found the book's portraits. Among the 223 people in the class who printed a plan, 122 (55%) named a college or university, as Robert did (“Bowdoin”). Classical was the course of 142 out of 344 classmates who printed one (41%), including Robert. For Newton High School, the site holds 350 people from the class of 1925, against 315 for 1928.
| On the same scan page | Doris Elizabeth Aldred, Edgar Arnold Alexander, Howard Bradley Allen, Lucy Lyman Allen and 3 more |
|---|---|
| Same club | Student Council: 14 other classmates |
| Same club | English Club: 72 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 122 of 223 classmates with a plan (55%) |
| Same course | Classical: 142 of 344 classmates with a course (41%) |
| Same first name | Robert: 5 other people in the class |
What Robert did at school
- Class Treasurer, '21, '22
- Student Council 19
- Treasurer. N. U.S. A., '25
- English Club 100
- Club 31
- Newtonite 59
- Newtonian 26
- Class President. '25
- Chairman Constitutional Convention
- Football, '23, '24, '25, Captain, '25 12
- Outdoor Track
Fellow members from Robert's own class:
What the yearbook said
There is only one proof of ability- — action
Also grew up on Webster Street, Needham
The class of 1925
Doris Elizabeth AldredNewton 1925
Edgar Arnold AlexanderNewton 1925
Howard Bradley AllenNewton 1925
Lucy Lyman AllenNewton 1925
Phyllis Mabel AllenNewton 1925
Angelo Michael AltieriNewton 1925
Others named Adams
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
John W. AdamsSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
James Wyman AdamsNeedham 1925
Clarissa Ruth AdamsNeedham 1926
Doris Thorndike AdamsNeedham 1928
Everett D. AdamsNeedham 1930
Herbert Engles AdamsWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1913
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Source
Newton High School yearbook, 1925, page 16.
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Internet Archive (item newtonian1925newt).
Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.
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