Newton High School

Thomas Oliver Sylvester

Class of 1919, Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts: Thomas Oliver Sylvester. The yearbook entry prints: came from Newton Technical High School; headed for Dartmouth; lived at 15 Church St., Newton. Portrait and entry from the 1919 yearbook, page 47.

Class of 1919

98 in the class of 1919 · 11 more named Sylvester

Full name: Thomas Oliver Sylvester
Born: March 15, 1900
Lived at: 15 Church St., Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1919
Course: Scientific
Came from: Newton Technical High School
Headed for: Dartmouth

Also searched as: Tom Sylvester; Thomas Sylvester; Thomas O. Sylvester; Tommy Sylvester.

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Neighbours 8
Same surname 8
Classmates 97
Same schools 21

In context

98 people from the Newton High School class of 1919 appear on this site, and Sylvester puts Thomas 83rd among them. Thomas is printed on page 47 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-51 run of portrait pages. “Dartmouth” is Thomas's plan after graduation; 46 of 67 classmates with a printed plan (69%) named a college or university. Of the 98 entries in the class with a course, 22 (22%) say Scientific, Thomas's among them. The class of 1919: 82% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 81% in 1918 and 89% in 1920.

On the same scan page	Stockbridge Cable Spence, Otis E. Stephenson, Harold T. Stonemetz, Gertrude Swartz
Same kind of plan	college or university: 46 of 67 classmates with a plan (69%)
Same course	Scientific: 22 of 98 classmates with a course (22%)

What the yearbook said

admiration is the admiration op ignorance" Nickname, "Silly

Also grew up on Church St., Newton

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Also came from Newton Technical High School

Also headed for Dartmouth

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Newton High School yearbook, 1919, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1919newt).

Published 1919, 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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