Melrose High School
Willis Henry Gerry
Willis Henry Gerry is one of 152 graduates in the class of 1925 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: headed for Brown; activities listed: Debating Club and Poetry Club.
Class of 1925
152 in the class of 1925 · 11 more named Gerry
- Full name
- Willis Henry Gerry
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
- Headed for
- Brown
Also searched as: Willis Gerry; Willis H. Gerry; Gerry, Willis.
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In context
This site lists 152 people from the Melrose High School class of 1925; sorted by surname, Willis comes 51st. Willis's portrait is on scan page 30, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 65. Willis's plan is printed as “Brown”, which counts here as a college or university; 19 of the 36 classmates who named a plan (53%) named the same kind. “Debating Club” appears in 7 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1925, Willis's among them. A college or university was the plan of 19 of 26 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1925 (73%), compared with 58% in 1926.
| On the same scan page | Ruth Geraldine Ford, Robert Bradford Giles |
|---|---|
| Same club | Debating Club: 6 other classmates |
| Same club | Euclidean Society: 8 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 19 of 36 classmates with a plan (53%) |
| Dedication, as printed | “One who has been a true friend and helper throughout the past four years and who has always given to us of his best, we respectfully dedicate this first volume.” |
What Willis did at school
- Debating Club 23
- Poetry Club 20
- Euclidean Society 90
- Hi-Y Club 111
- Editor of
- School Life 52
- Orchestra 74
- Hi-Y Play
Fellow members from Willis's own class:
The class of 1925
Ruth Geraldine FordMelrose 1925
Robert Bradford GilesMelrose 1925
Enid Louise FolgerMelrose 1925
George Harold Goldsmith JrMelrose 1925
Mary Angela FoleyMelrose 1925
Pauline Cople GrayMelrose 1925
Others named Gerry
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Robert GerryFitchburg 1927
Joseph G. GerryBrockton 1943
Martha S. A. GerryBrockton 1945
Doris L. GerryCambridge 1922
Harold Tirrell GerryCambridge 1924
Ralph W. GerryMelrose 1928
Also headed for Brown
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1925, page 30.
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Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Melrose Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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