Malden High School

Sylvester Jefferson Carter “Syl”

Sylvester Jefferson Carter (“Syl”) appears in the 1927 yearbook of Malden High School in Malden, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1927

133 in the class of 1927 · 84 more named Carter

Full name: Sylvester Jefferson Carter
Known as: Syl
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: College
Came from: Faulkner School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Syl Carter; Sylvester Carter; Sylvester J. Carter; Carter, Sylvester.

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Clubs & teams 214
Same surname 55
Classmates 132
Same schools 329

In context

Sylvester Jefferson Carter is number 19 of 133 in the alphabetical list of the Malden High School class of 1927 on this site. Turning the scan to page 16 shows Sylvester; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 42. Of 108 classmates who gave a plan, 46 (43%) point to a college or university; Sylvester's entry says “Boston University”. “Lit” appears in 8 entries from the Malden High School class of 1927, Sylvester's among them. Of the 132 entries in the class of 1927 that print a course, 35 (27%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 33% in 1926 and 24% in 1928-B.

On the same scan page	George Callahan, Robert Francis Carr, Annie Freida Cassin, Doris Madeline Cleveland
Same club	Lit: 7 other classmates
Same club	Le Cercle Francais: 11 other classmates
Same earlier school	Faulkner School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 46 of 108 classmates with a plan (43%)
Same course	College: 35 of 132 classmates with a course (27%)

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 16. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1927mald).

Published 1927, 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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