Malden High School

Walter Gustaf Nelson “Gus”

Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts, listed Walter Gustaf Nelson (“Gus”) among 48 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: Scientific course; born in 1906; a motto. Portrait and entry from the Souvenir, page 26.

Class of 1924

48 in the class of 1924 · 172 more named Nelson

Full name: Walter Gustaf Nelson
Known as: Gus
Born: 18 Williams Street Sept. 17, 1906 Maplewood School
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Course: Scientific

Also searched as: Gus Nelson; Walt Nelson; Walter Nelson; Walter G. Nelson.

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Same surname 119
Classmates 47

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 48 names from the Malden High School class of 1924, Walter stands 31st. Walter's portrait is on scan page 26, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 36. Across 11 classes of Malden High School on this site, from 1924 to 1931, 17 people are named Walter. 5 of the 48 classmates who printed a course (10%) took Scientific, as Walter did. Against 77 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 48 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Mabel Spence Mitchell, Donald Kenneth Norris
Same course	Scientific: 5 of 48 classmates with a course (10%)
The book's own title	The Souvenir (editor: Miriam E. Alexander)

What the yearbook said

Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

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Malden High School yearbook, 1924, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1924mald).

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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