Newton High School

Robert Dennison Salinger “Bob”

Robert Dennison Salinger (“Bob”) appears in the 1922 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 25 Prospect Ave., Newtonville. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1922

137 in the class of 1922 · 3 more named Salinger

Full name: Robert Dennison Salinger
Known as: Bob
Born: July 14, 1903
Lived at: 25 Prospect Ave., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: Classical
Came from: Claflin Grammar School
Headed for: Dartmouth

Also searched as: Bob Salinger; Robert Salinger; Robert D. Salinger; Bobby Salinger.

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Same surname 2
Classmates 136
Same schools 41

In context

Of the 137 names from the Newton High School class of 1922 that have pages here, Robert is 109th in surname order. The entry is on page 56 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 65. Claflin Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 12 people in the class, Robert among them. The first name Robert appears 51 times in the 14 Newton High School classes read for this site (1910 to 1928). In the class of 1922, 75% of the plans we could classify (57 of 76) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 86% in 1921 and 89% in 1923.

On the same scan page	Lilla Mariam Ritcey, Ruth Ida Robbins, Francis Henry Russell
Same earlier school	Claflin Grammar School: 11 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 57 of 105 classmates with a plan (54%)
Same course	Classical: 82 of 137 classmates with a course (60%)

What the yearbook said

it is a beautiful necessity of our nature, to love something

The class of 1922

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Others named Salinger

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

Also came from Claflin Grammar School

Also headed for Dartmouth

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1922, page 56. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1922newt).

Published 1922, 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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