Cambridge High and Latin School

Adelaide Katherine Wentzell “Ad”

Adelaide Katherine Wentzell (“Ad”) appears in the 1930 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 26 Glenwood Avenue. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 5 more named Wentzell

Full name: Adelaide Katherine Wentzell
Known as: Ad
Lived at: 26 Glenwood Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Salem Normal School

Also searched as: Ad Wentzell; Adelaide Wentzell; Adelaide K. Wentzell; Wentzell, Adelaide.

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Household 1
Neighbours 11
Same surname 3
Classmates 482
Same schools 50

In context

Of the 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 that have pages here, Adelaide is 469th in surname order. In the scan, Adelaide appears on page 115, near the end of the run of 483 portraits read for this site (pages 21 to 118). Adelaide did not arrive alone from Morse Grammar School: 25 other graduates name it too. Of 430 classmates who gave a plan, 33 (8%) point to a normal school or teachers college; Adelaide's entry says “Salem Normal School”. In the class of 1930, 56% of the plans we could classify (206 of 371) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	William Weisberg, Russell A. Welch, Lillian Wexler
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 25 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 33 of 430 classmates with a plan (8%)

At home, 26 Glenwood Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Madeline Mae WentzellCambridge 1928

What Adelaide did at school

G. A. A., 1926-27

What the yearbook said

Ap” “O charming lady of reserve All success do you deserve

O charming lady of reserve All success do you deserve.

Also grew up on Glenwood Avenue

The class of 1930

All 483 in this class →

Others named Wentzell

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Salem Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 115. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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