Newton High School

Wakefield Perkins “Wake, Perkie”

Wakefield Perkins (“Wake, Perkie”) was one of 153 graduates in the class of 1924 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Mason Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 38 Warwich Rd., West Newton. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 57.

Class of 1924

153 in the class of 1924 · 89 more named Perkins

Full name: Wakefield Perkins
Known as: Wake, Perkie
Born: May 12, 1907
Lived at: 38 Warwich Rd., West Newton
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Course: Classical
Came from: Mason Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

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Same surname 73
Classmates 152
Same schools 215

In context

This site lists 153 people from the Newton High School class of 1924; sorted by surname, Wakefield comes 100th. Turning the scan to page 57 shows Wakefield; the portraits we read from this book run from page 23 to page 73. Of the 153 entries in the class with a course, 107 (70%) say Classical, Wakefield's among them. College or university was the plan of 76 of the 117 classmates who printed one (65%), and Wakefield is listed with “Harvard”. This site lists 153 names for the class of 1924, against 116 for 1923.

On the same scan page	Ruth Pigeon, Edgar William Pitt
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 76 of 117 classmates with a plan (65%)
Same course	Classical: 107 of 153 classmates with a course (70%)
The book's own title	Newtonian (editor: Lawrence A. Peakes)

What the yearbook said

man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal

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Newton High School yearbook, 1924, page 57. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1924newt).

Published 1924, 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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