Brookline High School

Ruth Alice Shaw

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Ruth Alice Shaw among 171 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: headed for Simmons; activities listed: Class Day Dance and Girls' League; lived at 36 Alton Place. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 68.

Class of 1926

171 in the class of 1926 · 91 more named Shaw

Full name: Ruth Alice Shaw
Lived at: 36 Alton Place, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: F. O. Trying
Headed for: Simmons
Ambition: “To get into college by certificate”

Also searched as: Ruth Shaw; Ruth A. Shaw; Shaw, Ruth.

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Clubs & teams 152
Neighbours 2
Same surname 72
Classmates 170
Same schools 33

In context

This site lists 171 people from the Brookline High School class of 1926; sorted by surname, Ruth comes 135th. Find Ruth on page 68 of the scan; the people on this site from the Brookline High School class of 1926 are spread over pages 26 to 80. Across 9 classes of Brookline High School on this site, from 1923 to 1931, 49 people are named Ruth; the class of 1931 has the most, 9. “Simmons” is Ruth's plan after graduation; 36 of 60 classmates with a printed plan (60%) named a college or university. Against 179 for 1925 and 219 for 1927, the class of 1926 comes to 171 names on this site.

On the same scan page	R. Elizabeth Scheinfein, Paul Cameron Sherbert
Same club	Class Day Dance: 16 other classmates
Same club	Girls' League: 32 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 36 of 60 classmates with a plan (60%)
Same first name	Ruth: 4 other people in the class

At home, 36 Alton Place

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Shaw at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Burton W Shaw (wife Margaret), autos householderpage

The Shaw household is listed here in 1928 and 1931 too.

What Ruth did at school

Fellow members from Ruth's own class:

What the yearbook said

Sioeet zoas her blue eyes’ modest smile

X. Peggy Wood, Ruthie. same time.

Also grew up on Alton Place

The class of 1926

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Also came from F. O. Trying

Also headed for Simmons

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1926, page 68. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1926broo).

Published 1926, 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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