Cambridge High and Latin School

Beatrice Louise Sparks “Be, Biz”

Beatrice Louise Sparks (“Be, Biz”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard Grammar School; lived at 24 Inman Place; born in 1904. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 108.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 8 more named Sparks

Full name: Beatrice Louise Sparks
Known as: Be, Biz
Born: November 10, 1904
Lived at: 24 Inman Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Harvard Grammar School

Also searched as: Beatrice Sparks; Beatrice L. Sparks; Sparks, Beatrice.

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Household 1
Same surname 3
Classmates 318
Same schools 62

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Beatrice is 277th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 108 shows Beatrice; the portraits we read from this book run from page 39 to page 119. The first name Beatrice runs through 12 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1914 to 1929), 25 people in all. Counting Beatrice, 34 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard Grammar School. A college or university was the plan of 119 of 217 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1923 (55%), compared with 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Leo James Slack, Jacob Smith, Philip Smith
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 24 Inman Place

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

Marjorie Maude SparksCambridge 1922

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Sparks at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Joseph H Sparks (wife Susan E), steward householderpage

The Sparks household is listed here in 1917, 1920 and 1921 too.

What the yearbook said

Ba? “Biz” “BLUE WERE HER EYES AS THE FAIRY FLAX, HER CHEEKS LIKE THE DAWN OF DAY

Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, her cheeks like the dawn of day.

The class of 1923

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Others named Sparks

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 108. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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