Malden High School

Rowena Olive Nichols “Nicky”

Rowena Olive Nichols (“Nicky”) was one of 110 graduates in the class of 1930 at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; came from Browne Junior High School; headed for Burdett College. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 38.

Class of 1930

110 in the class of 1930 · 64 more named Nichols

Full name: Rowena Olive Nichols
Known as: Nicky
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Course: Commercial
Came from: Browne Junior High School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Nicky Nichols; Rowena Nichols; Rowena O. Nichols; Nichols, Rowena.

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Same surname 55
Classmates 109
Same schools 69

In context

Of the 110 entries from the Malden High School class of 1930 read for this site, Rowena's is 69th alphabetically. The entry is on page 38 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 13 to page 53. The yearbook lists 9 people from the Malden High School class of 1930 as coming from Browne Junior High School, including Rowena. Of 70 classmates who gave a plan, 18 (26%) point to a business or secretarial school; Rowena's entry says “Burdett College”. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1930 (30 of 55), against 40% in 1929-A.

On the same scan page	Theodore Nimburg, William Alfred O'Farrell
Same earlier school	Browne Junior High School: 8 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 18 of 70 classmates with a plan (26%)
Same course	Commercial: 31 of 110 classmates with a course (28%)

What the yearbook said

Not very tall, not very small, But fair and sweet, and loved by all.

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Also came from Browne Junior High School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Malden High School yearbook, 1930, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1930mald).

Published 1930, 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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