Melrose High School
Sylvia Dilyock “Chuckling Syl”
Sylvia Dilyock (“Chuckling Syl”) was one of 166 graduates in the class of 1926 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 26.
Class of 1926
166 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named Dilyock
- Full name
- Sylvia Dilyock
- Known as
- Chuckling Syl
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1926
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In context
Of the 166 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1926 read for this site, Sylvia's is 45th alphabetically. Find Sylvia on page 26 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1926 are spread over pages 12 to 69. Of the 36 plans printed for the class of 1926 that name a kind of next step, 21 (58%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 73% in 1925 and 40% in 1927. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1926 has 166 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 152 for 1925 and 156 for 1927.
| On the same scan page | Marion Frances Davis, Ellis Hamilton Dean |
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What the page does not say. Sylvia's entry, as read here, has no clubs or activities, no plan after graduation. Share of the class's entries that do: clubs or activities 61% and plan after graduation 30%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.
What the yearbook said
Although our dear “Syl” hasn’t made known her popularity among outside activities, she has brought it out by her studious attitude toward her subjects. In bookkeeping, she is a marvel; she can add the columns upside down, inside out, and every way imaginable. Through the arching of her eyebrows, the winking of one eyelid, her chuckling laugh and sweet personality, she has made a permanent acouaintance with her teachers from whence she got her title,, “Teacher’s Pet”. Her voice is indeed a wonder; it is full of melody and volume. The school will deeply regret the passing of “Syl” from our numbers, but she will make a place for herself in our great unsophisticated world.
The class of 1926
Ellis Hamilton DeanMelrose 1926
Edward Joseph DonovanMelrose 1926
Marion Frances DavisMelrose 1926
Josephine Hazel DowMelrose 1926
C. Leon DanielMelrose 1926
Alexander DubrofskyMelrose 1926
Others named Dilyock
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1926, page 26.
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