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Somerville High School · Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville High School Class of 1931

563 graduates of Somerville, Massachusetts. Every name and face was read out of the scanned yearbook pages themselves.

Rights: Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

  • 563graduates
  • 423listed activities
Cover of Somerville High School Class of 1931

About this yearbook

Scanned by
Somerville Public Library, via the Internet Archive

Dedication. Everett W. Tuttle was a teacher in the Manual Training School in Providence, Rhode Island, before he came to the Somerville English High School in 1895. He first held the position of Head of the Manual Training Department, but later entered academic work, becoming a teacher of Mathematics. When Mr. Avery became principal of the English High School in 1906, Mr. Tuttle was appointed his assistant.

Staff. Robert Forbes (Photographer), John A. Avery (Headmaster), Everett W. Tuttle (Vice-Headmaster).

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The 1931 yearbook of Somerville High School in Somerville lists 563 graduates, and every one of them has a portrait on this site. They are listed alphabetically below, each linked to a page of their own.

488 different surnames appear. The most common were Jones (5), Fitzpatrick (4), Murphy (4), Hall (3) and Holland (3), and 58 surnames were shared by two or more classmates.

The most common first names were John (23), William (17), Dorothy (16), James (14) and Mary (12).

535 graduates printed a course of study. The largest were General Course (213), Commercial Course (141), College Course (79) and Scientific Course (50).

443 graduates had a home address printed. The streets most of them lived on were Lowell Street (12), Highland Avenue (10), Broadway (7) and College Avenue (7).

423 graduates listed clubs, teams or other activities. The largest were Poetry Club (118), Bank Worker (84), Glee Club (82) and Prose Club (60).

421 graduates have a nickname printed beside their name, such as “Muscles”, “Blondie”, “Rita” and “Howie”.

Most common surnames

Most common first names

  • John23
  • William17
  • Dorothy16
  • James14
  • Mary12
  • Helen11

Courses of study

  • General Course213
  • Commercial Course141
  • College Course79
  • Scientific Course50
  • Normal Course48
  • College Preparatory Course3

Where they lived

  • Lowell Street12
  • Highland Avenue10
  • Broadway7
  • College Avenue7
  • Albion Street6
  • Central Street6
  • Fenwick Street6
  • Hudson Street6

Streets as printed in the yearbook.

Clubs, teams and activities

In their own words

Nicknames in the yearbook

Local businesses that advertised

  • ART CRAFT Engraving Co.22 AEN STREET
  • Remington-Rand Business Service, Inc.114 Federal Street
  • W. M. Kuhn & Co.49 DARTMOUTH ST, SOMERVILLE, MASS.
  • WARD'S
  • Chandler School161 Massachusetts Avenue (near Boylston Street) Boston

As printed in the advertising pages of the yearbook.

All 563 graduates

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