Leominster High School

William Donovan “Bill”

Leominster High School in Leominster, Massachusetts, listed William Donovan (“Bill”) among 142 graduates in the class of 1935. The entry gives: Classical course; headed for Fitchburg State College; activities listed: Senior Play and Baseball Manager. Portrait and entry from the 1935 yearbook, page 14.

Class of 1935

142 in the class of 1935 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: William Donovan
Known as: Bill
School: Leominster High School
Graduated: Class of 1935
Course: Classical
Headed for: Fitchburg State College

Also searched as: Bill Donovan; Billy Donovan; Donovan, William.

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Clubs & teams 1
Same surname 95
Classmates 141
Same schools 7

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 142 names from the Leominster High School class of 1935, William stands 37th. The entry is on page 14 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 10 to page 28. The first name William appears 14 times in the 6 Leominster High School classes read for this site (1925 to 1938). William's “Fitchburg State College” falls in the same group as 33 of the 92 plans printed for the class (36%): a college or university. Of the 61 plans printed for the class of 1935 that name a kind of next step, 33 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 51% in 1934 and 42% in 1936.

On the same scan page	Helen Dickson, Ellen Dormin, Gardner Drury, Marie Duval and 3 more
Same kind of plan	college or university: 33 of 92 classmates with a plan (36%)
Same course	Classical: 31 of 124 classmates with a course (25%)

What William did at school

Magnet Staff 4
Motto Com-mittee 4
Senior Play 12
Prom Com-mittee 3, 4
Baseball Manager
French Club 3, 4
Honor Roll 2, 8, 4
Interclass Basketball 3, 4

Fellow members from William's own class:

Walter VorseLeominster 1935

What the yearbook said

To speak, tho’ sure, with seeming diffidence.

The class of 1935

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Also headed for Fitchburg State College

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Source

Leominster High School yearbook, 1935, page 14. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item leominsterhighsc1935unse).

Published 1935. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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