Somerville High School
Sherman O. Maxwell “SHERM”
Sherman O. Maxwell (“SHERM”) appears in the 1920 yearbook of Somerville High School in Somerville, MA, listed at 12R Oxford Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.
Class of 1920
299 in the class of 1920 · 24 more named Maxwell
- Full name
- Sherman O. Maxwell
- Known as
- SHERM
- Lived at
- 12R Oxford Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1920
- Course
- SCIENTIFIC
Also searched as: Sherm Maxwell; Sherman Maxwell; Maxwell, Sherman.
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In context
Of the 299 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1920 read for this site, Sherman's is 190th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 265, near the end of the stretch from page 20 to page 287 where this site found the book's portraits. Counting Sherman, “Alpha Zeta Phi” is named by 9 people in the Somerville High School class of 1920. Sherman is one of 37 listed under SCIENTIFIC among the 260 classmates whose course is printed (14%). The class of 1920 has 299 names here, where the neighbouring class has 199 for 1921.
| On the same scan page | Francis Des McCabe, Margery F. Marshall, Kenneth Martin, Mary H. Martin and 1 more |
|---|---|
| Same club | Alpha Zeta Phi: 8 other classmates |
| Same course | SCIENTIFIC: 37 of 260 classmates with a course (14%) |
At home, 12R Oxford Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
What Sherman did at school
- Vice-President of Boys’ Debating Society (4)
- Debating Team (3)
- Band (ij) 1) (4)
- Leader of Band (38) (4)
- Alpha Zeta Phi 25
Fellow members from Sherman's own class:
Also grew up on Oxford St
The class of 1920
Mildred I. MaxwellSomerville 1920
Helen G. McCarthySomerville 1920
Mary H. MartinSomerville 1920
Alice L. McGrathSomerville 1920
Kenneth MartinSomerville 1920
Jessie L. McLeanSomerville 1920
Other people named Sherman O. Maxwell in the archive
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Others named Maxwell
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Ina Belle MaxwellFitchburg 1908
Jean MaxwellHigh School of Commerce 1945
Sherman Otto MaxwellNortheastern University 1925
Edward Richard Maxwell JrMelrose 1925
Edna Katherine MaxwellMalden 1921
Anita K. MaxwellNorth Quincy 1938
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1920, page 265.
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Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervil1920some).
Published 1920, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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