Cambridge High and Latin School

Bessie Gruber

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bessie Gruber. The yearbook entry prints: headed for Bridgewater Normal School; activities listed: Senior Drama Cast and Mandolin Club; lived at 200 Columbia Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 67.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 3 more named Gruber

Full name: Bessie Gruber
Born: December 25, 1904
Lived at: 200 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Fletcher Grammar School
Headed for: Bridgewater Normal School

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Neighbours 65
Same surname 1
Classmates 318
Same schools 24

In context

Of the 319 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 read for this site, Bessie's is 114th alphabetically. Bessie is printed on page 67 of the scan, around the middle of the 39-to-119 run of portrait pages. “Bridgewater Normal School” is Bessie's plan after graduation; 27 of 253 classmates with a printed plan (11%) named a normal school or teachers college. Bessie was not alone on Columbia Street: 7 other graduates list it too. Against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924, the class of 1923 comes to 319 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Regina Grenier, Eleanor Gertrude Groden, Linda Grovestein
Same street	Columbia Street: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Fletcher Grammar School: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 27 of 253 classmates with a plan (11%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What Bessie did at school

Basketball, 1920-21-23
Girls' Debating Club, 1920-21
Chess Club, 1922-23
Senior Drama Cast
Mandolin Club
G. A. A., 1920-21-23

What the yearbook said

BESSIE IS AN AC-TO-RESS

Bessie is an ac-to-ress all our kindest wishes, Bess.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Gruber

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

Bella GruberFitchburg Normal School 1924

Also came from Fletcher Grammar School

Also headed for Bridgewater Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 67. 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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