North Quincy High School

Sylvia H. Purcell

Sylvia H. Purcell was one of 267 graduates in the class of 1936 at North Quincy High School, Quincy, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Simmons College; lived at 33 Dorchester St., Squantum. Portrait and entry from the Manet, page 26.

Class of 1936

267 in the class of 1936 · 9 more named Purcell

Full name: Sylvia H. Purcell
Lived at: 33 Dorchester St., Squantum, Quincy, Massachusetts
School: North Quincy High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Sylvia Purcell; Purcell, Sylvia.

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 5
Classmates 266
Same schools 18

In context

267 people from the North Quincy High School class of 1936 appear on this site, and Purcell puts Sylvia 200th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 26, in the last third of the stretch from page 5 to page 34 where this site found the book's portraits. Sylvia's “Simmons College” falls in the same group as 48 of the 107 plans printed for the class (45%): a college or university. The class of 1936: 49% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 54% in 1935 and 48% in 1937.

On the same scan page	Mary C. Quinn, Mary T. Randolph, Herbert N. Rapson, Janet L. Reilly and 4 more
Same kind of plan	college or university: 48 of 107 classmates with a plan (45%)

What Sylvia did at school

Girls' Club '35, '36
Orchestra '34, '35, '36
Library Staff '36
Honor roll '34, '35, '36
Badminton Club '35
Girls' Club Christmas Drive '36
Dissecting Club '36

Also grew up on Dorchester St., Squantum

The class of 1936

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Others named Purcell

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Also headed for Simmons College

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Source

North Quincy High School yearbook, 1936, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item manet1936nort).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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