Malden High School

Ruth Evelyn Reardon “Rufus I”

Ruth Evelyn Reardon (“Rufus I”), Malden High School class of 1929-A (Malden, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Maplewood School; headed for Boston University; activities listed: Basketball and Swimming.

Class of 1929-A

135 in the class of 1929 · 45 more named Reardon

Full name: Ruth Evelyn Reardon
Known as: Rufus I
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Normal
Came from: Maplewood School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Ruth Reardon; Ruth E. Reardon; Reardon, Ruth.

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Clubs & teams 56
Same surname 44
Classmates 134
Same schools 318

In context

Going through the Malden High School class of 1929-A from A to Z by surname, Ruth is the 97th of 135 names on this site. In the scan, Ruth appears on page 49, around the middle of the run of 135 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 67). Normal was the course of 9 out of 135 classmates who printed one (7%), including Ruth. Of 96 classmates who gave a plan, 30 (31%) point to a college or university; Ruth's entry says “Boston University”. A college or university was the plan of 30 of 75 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1929-A (40%), compared with 69% in 1928-B and 58% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Florence Veronica Quarter, Marion Margaret Raher
Same club	Basketball: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Maplewood School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 30 of 96 classmates with a plan (31%)
Same course	Normal: 9 of 135 classmates with a course (7%)
The book's own title	Maldonian

What Ruth did at school

Basketball 69
Swimming
Bowling 37
Banking Cashier

Fellow members from Ruth's own class:

What the yearbook said

“Rufus” came into High School as an impudent freshman, and, in strict concordance with the regular custom, is leaving as a dignified senior.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 49. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1929mald).

Published 1929, 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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