Cambridge High and Latin School

Amy Odessa Callender “Dootsie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Amy Odessa Callender (“Dootsie”) among 459 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Business College, Stenographer; lived at 144 Green Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 42.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 1 more named Callender

Full name: Amy Odessa Callender
Known as: Dootsie
Lived at: 144 Green Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Business College, Stenographer

Also searched as: Dootsie Callender; Amy Callender; Amy O. Callender; Callender, Amy.

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Neighbours 39
Classmates 458
Same schools 104

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Amy stands 53rd. The entry is on page 42 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 145. Amy's plan is printed as “Business College, Stenographer”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 69 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (18%) named the same kind. Webster Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 50 people in the class, Amy among them. Of the 355 plans printed for the class of 1927 that name a kind of next step, 191 (54%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Thomas Cahill, Jessie Isabelle Calder, John Camerlengo
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 49 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 144 Green Street

The 1918 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Callender at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Moses Callender (wife Helen), laborer householderpage

What the yearbook said

Gentle in manner.

Also grew up on Green Street

The class of 1927

All 459 in this class →

Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Business College, Stenographer

Mary M. CampbellCambridge 1926

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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