Malden High School

Velma Gertrude Newman “Val”

Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts, listed Velma Gertrude Newman (“Val”) among 168 graduates in the class of 1927-B. The entry gives: came from Maplewood School; headed for Chandler Secretarial School; activities listed: Thrift Council and Tennis. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 38.

Class of 1927-B

168 in the class of 1927 · 35 more named Newman

Full name: Velma Gertrude Newman
Known as: Val
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Commercial
Came from: Maplewood School
Headed for: Chandler Secretarial School

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Clubs & teams 51
Same surname 28
Classmates 167
Same schools 87

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 168 names from the Malden High School class of 1927-B, Velma stands 119th. Velma's portrait is on scan page 38, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 48. Velma is listed under “Thrift Council”, along with 5 other classmates. Velma's course, Commercial, is also the course of 50 others in the 168 entries that print one (30% in all). The class of 1927-B has 168 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 104 for 1926 and 118 for 1928-B.

On the same scan page	Winifred Nichols, Christine Nieforth, Dorothy E. Nieforth, Pauline Novick
Same club	Thrift Council: 5 other classmates
Same club	Tennis: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Maplewood School: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 18 of 108 classmates with a plan (17%)
Same course	Commercial: 51 of 168 classmates with a course (30%)

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What the yearbook said

Small and snappy, full of vim, The man she gets—pity him!

The class of 1927

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Others named Newman

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Also came from Maplewood School

Also headed for Chandler Secretarial School

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Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 38. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1927mald_0).

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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