Cambridge High and Latin School
Benjamin J. Shevach
Benjamin J. Shevach was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Day School for Immigrants; headed for Tufts’ Pre-Medical School; lived at 255 Elm Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 123.
Class of 1926
462 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named Shevach
- Full name
- Benjamin J. Shevach
- Lived at
- 255 Elm Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1926
- Came from
- Day School for Immigrants
- Headed for
- Tufts’ Pre-Medical School
Also searched as: Ben Shevach; Benjamin Shevach; Shevach, Benjamin.
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In context
This site lists 462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; sorted by surname, Benjamin comes 392nd. Benjamin is printed on page 123 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. The first name Benjamin appears 12 times in the 7 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1915 to 1930). Among the 388 people in the class who printed a plan, 197 (51%) named a college or university, as Benjamin did (“Tufts’ Pre-Medical School”). Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1926 has 462 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 424 for 1925 and 459 for 1927.
| On the same scan page | Loretta Sherwood, David Leonard Shuman, Minnie Gertrude Siletsky |
|---|---|
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%) |
At home, 255 Elm Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1930 city directory lists Benjamin J. Shevach with the occupation “student H U” (page).
The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Shevach at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Alice Shevach, widow of Maurice householderpage
- Benjamin C Shevach, teacher lived herepage
- Hymen Shevach, salesman lived herepage
The Shevach household is listed here in 1930 too.
What the yearbook said
Studious and clever 1s this boy Ben. He'll be famous yet among all men
Also grew up on Elm Street
The class of 1926
Loretta SherwoodCambridge 1926
David Leonard ShumanCambridge 1926
Jeanie K. ShermanCambridge 1926
Minnie Gertrude SiletskyCambridge 1926
Mary SheaCambridge 1926
Marita SillenCambridge 1926
Also headed for Tufts’ Pre-Medical School
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 123.
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Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).
Published 1926, 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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