Brookline High School
Ruth Blackwood
Ruth Blackwood, Brookline High School class of 1931 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Captain Ball; lived at 140 Pleasant Street.
Class of 1931
273 in the class of 1931 · 8 more named Blackwood
- Full name
- Ruth Blackwood
- Lived at
- 140 Pleasant Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
- Course
- Commercial.
- Headed for
- Boston University
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In context
Of the 273 names from the Brookline High School class of 1931 that have pages here, Ruth is 16th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 37, right at the start of the stretch from page 34 to page 110 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Ruth runs through 9 classes of Brookline High School (1923 to 1931), 49 people in all, and is most common in 1931 (9). Of 231 classmates who gave a plan, 128 (55%) point to a college or university; Ruth's entry says “Boston University”. Of the 252 entries in the class of 1931 that print a course, 89 (35%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 39% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | Elizabeth Bennett, Janice R. Bigelow, Cyril J. Blackwood |
|---|---|
| Same street | Pleasant Street: 7 other classmates |
| Same club | Captain Ball: 6 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%) |
| Same course | Commercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%) |
| Same first name | Ruth: 8 other people in the class |
At home, 140 Pleasant Street
Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Blackwood at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Harry P Blackwood (wife Mary), chauffeur householderpage
- Cyril Blackwood, student lived herepage
- Harry P Blackwood Jr., engineer lived herepage
The Blackwood household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.
What Ruth did at school
- Captain Ball 53
- Swimming ’30, ’31
- Girls’ Glee Club ’30, ’31
- Spanish Club ’30, ’31.
Fellow members from Ruth's own class:
Also grew up on Pleasant Street
The class of 1931
Cyril J. BlackwoodBrookline 1931
Josephine BlattBrookline 1931
Janice R. BigelowBrookline 1931
Bettina BluntBrookline 1931
Elizabeth BennettBrookline 1931
Martha BolgerBrookline 1931
Others named Blackwood
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Melville BlackwoodMedford 1924
Florence E. BlackwoodMedford 1927
Alice A. BlackwoodMedford 1929
Willard BlackwoodFitchburg 1924
Alice Annette BlackwoodSalem Normal School 1933
Also headed for Boston University
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 37.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).
Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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