Newton High School

Roger Williams Buntin

Class of 1917, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Roger Williams Buntin. The yearbook entry prints: came from Pierce Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 60 Temple St., West Newton. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 24.

Class of 1917

105 in the class of 1917 · 4 more named Buntin

Full name: Roger Williams Buntin
Born: June 23, 1898
Lived at: 60 Temple St., West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1917
Course: Scientific
Came from: Pierce Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Roger Buntin; Roger W. Buntin; Buntin, Roger.

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Household 1
Group photos 5
Neighbours 4
Classmates 104
Same schools 51

In context

Going through the Newton High School class of 1917 from A to Z by surname, Roger is the 11th of 105 names on this site. Find Roger on page 24 of the scan; the people on this site from the Newton High School class of 1917 are spread over pages 21 to 56. Roger's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 56 of the 79 classmates who named a plan (71%) named the same kind. Scientific was the course of 26 out of 105 classmates who printed one (25%), including Roger. The class of 1917: 84% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 92% in 1916 and 81% in 1918.

On the same scan page	Harold Foster Brown, Elizabeth Coe Buffum, Regina Gladys Burns
Same kind of plan	college or university: 56 of 79 classmates with a plan (71%)
Same course	Scientific: 26 of 105 classmates with a course (25%)
The book's own title	Newtonian

At home, 60 Temple St., West Newton

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

Priscilla BuntinNewton 1915

The 1909 Newton, Massachusetts City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Buntin at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Richard W Buntin, insurance householderpage

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Roger's senior portrait.

Student Council1916

In the same photographs:

What the yearbook said

the man that blushes is not quite a brute' "bunt" "bear

Also grew up on Temple St., West Newton

The class of 1917

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Also came from Pierce Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Newton High School yearbook, 1917, page 24. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1917newt).

Published 1917, 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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