Leominster High School

Ruth Garland “Rufus”

Leominster High School in Leominster, Massachusetts, listed Ruth Garland (“Rufus”) among 95 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: Normal Course; headed for Fitchburg Normal; a motto. Portrait and entry from the Magnet, page 11.

Class of 1931

95 in the class of 1931 · 22 more named Garland

Full name: Ruth Garland
Known as: Rufus
School: Leominster High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Normal Course
Headed for: Fitchburg Normal

Also searched as: Rufus Garland; Garland, Ruth.

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Same surname 15
Classmates 94
Same schools 3

In context

This site lists 95 people from the Leominster High School class of 1931; sorted by surname, Ruth comes 34th. Ruth is printed on page 11 of the scan, in the first third of the 6-to-21 run of portrait pages. In this class Ruth is the most common first name, carried by 5 people. Ruth's plan is printed as “Fitchburg Normal”, which counts here as a normal school or teachers college; 8 of the 62 classmates who named a plan (13%) named the same kind. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1931 has 95 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 93 for 1929 and 132 for 1933.

On the same scan page	Mary Gallagher, Eunice Gamache, Georgianna Gamblin, Agnes Gillooley and 2 more
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 8 of 62 classmates with a plan (13%)
Same course	Normal Course: 15 of 65 classmates with a course (23%)
Same first name	Ruth: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Magnet

What Ruth did at school

Glee Club, 1
Dramatic Club; 2, 3, 4
Chorus, 1, 3, 4
Junior Prom Committee, 3
Class Picture Committee, 4
Inter-class Basketball, 1

What the yearbook said

Blushing is the color of virtue.

The class of 1931

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Other people named Ruth Garland in the archive

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Ruth GarlandLowell 1926

Others named Garland

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also headed for Fitchburg Normal

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Source

Leominster High School yearbook, 1931, page 11. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item leominsterhighsc1931unse).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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