Melrose High School

Ross Getty “Farmer Spaget Half-Pint”

Ross Getty (“Farmer Spaget Half-Pint”) was one of 247 graduates in the class of 1936 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Tufts College; activities listed: President Cloak and Plume Society; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1936 yearbook, page 40.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 1 more named Getty

Full name: Ross Getty
Known as: Farmer Spaget Half-Pint
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Headed for: Tufts College

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Classmates 246
Same schools 5

In context

Of the 247 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1936 read for this site, Ross's is 61st alphabetically. The entry is on page 40 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 19 to page 158. Of 104 classmates who gave a plan, 39 (38%) point to a college or university; Ross's entry says “Tufts College”. 57% of the graduates in the class of 1936 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Elmer E. George, Fred P. Gilfeather, Carlo J. Giuffre
Same kind of plan	college or university: 39 of 104 classmates with a plan (38%)

What Ross did at school

Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4
Football 1, 2, 3, 4
Basketball 1, 2, 4
Traffic Squad 2, 3, 4
President Cloak and Plume Society

What the yearbook said

President of Sophomore Class This milk-fed “mite of dynamite” with slightly warped legs looks forward to Tufts College. A lad from Missouri, this 1400 ounce package, means trouble to opposing football warriors. Despite his many serious injuries he never gave up athletics. The Melrose girls are popular with this gentleman, but he doesn’t ride to Woburn for the scenery. As for Ross’ future, it’s enough to say, “You can’t hold a good man down.”

The class of 1936

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Also headed for Tufts College

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1936melr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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