Newton High School

Ruth Callahan “Dearie. Toots”

Class of 1925, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Ruth Callahan (“Dearie. Toots”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Hyde Grammar School; lived at 21 Chestnut Street, West Newton; born in 1905. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 23.

Class of 1925

350 in the class of 1925 · 47 more named Callahan

Full name: Ruth Callahan
Known as: Dearie. Toots
Born: October 31, 1905
Lived at: 21 Chestnut Street, West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Course: Clerical Til
Came from: Hyde Grammar School

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Neighbours 6
Same surname 45
Classmates 349
Same schools 35

In context

Ruth Callahan is number 57 of 350 in the alphabetical list of the Newton High School class of 1925 on this site. Turning the scan to page 23 shows Ruth; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 65. In the 16 classes of Newton High School between 1910 and 1928 that this site covers, 58 people have the first name Ruth, with the largest group (8) in 1925. 15 of the 344 classmates who printed a course (4%) took Clerical Til, as Ruth did. Plans for a college or university made up 84% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1925 (122 of 145), against 86% in 1924 and 89% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Chandler Cutler Butler, Richard Bautelle Carr, Henry Robert Casey, Edward Whitelaw Center and 2 more
Same earlier school	Hyde Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same course	Clerical Til: 15 of 344 classmates with a course (4%)
Same first name	Ruth: 7 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Newtonian

What the yearbook said

It's guid u> be honest and true

Also grew up on Chestnut Street, West Newton

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Also came from Hyde Grammar School

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Newton High School yearbook, 1925, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1925newt).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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