Needham High School

Ruth Whitney

Ruth Whitney is one of 77 graduates in the class of 1928 at Needham High School, Needham, Massachusetts. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the Advocate, page 50.

Class of 1928

77 in the class of 1928 · 50 more named Whitney

Full name: Ruth Whitney
School: Needham High School
Graduated: Class of 1928

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Same surname 45
Classmates 76

In context

Of the 77 entries from the Needham High School class of 1928 read for this site, Ruth's is 74th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 50, near the end of the stretch from page 29 to page 51 where this site found the book's portraits. The first name Ruth appears 23 times in the 8 Needham High School classes read for this site (1922 to 1930), most often in 1926 (6). This site lists 77 names for the class of 1928, against 64 for 1926 and 68 for 1929. The yearbook calls itself “The Advocate”.

On the same scan page	Stella Westin, Lawrence Ashton Whitmore, Edna Elisabeth Willett
The book's own title	The Advocate

What the page does not say. Ruth's entry, as read here, has no birth date. Share of the class's entries that do: birth date 40%. The book may have left it out, or the reading may have missed it; check the scan.

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Needham High School yearbook, 1928, page 50. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item advocate1928need).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of The Advocate, Commencement Number June 1928 (Needham Free Public Library) via the Internet Archive.

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