Cambridge High and Latin School

Blanche Helena MacDonald “Mac”

Blanche Helena MacDonald (“Mac”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for New England Conservatory of Music; activities listed: Home Management Club and Entertainment Committee; lived at 17 Humbolt Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 122 more named MacDonald

Full name: Blanche Helena MacDonald
Known as: Mac
Lived at: 17 Humbolt Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: St. John's Academy, New Glasgow, N. S
Headed for: New England Conservatory of Music

Also searched as: Mac MacDonald; Blanche MacDonald; Blanche H. MacDonald; MacDonald, Blanche.

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 114
Classmates 420
Same schools 13

In context

421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 appear on this site, and MacDonald puts Blanche 232nd among them. In the scan, Blanche appears on page 86, around the middle of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). 12 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site are named MacDonald, spread over 7 classes from 1917 to 1930. Blanche's plan is printed as “New England Conservatory of Music”, which counts here as an art or music school; 17 of the 364 classmates who named a plan (5%) named the same kind. The most common first names in the class of 1929 were Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15); in the class of 1928 they were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Helen Agnes McDermott, Beatrice Mary McDonald, Milton G. McDonald
Same kind of plan	art or music school: 17 of 364 classmates with a plan (5%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What Blanche did at school

Home Management Club
Entertainment Committee

What the yearbook said

She's sweeter than the morning dawn, When dew-drops twinkle o'er the lawn.

Also grew up on Humbolt Street

Mildred BatchelderCambridge 1915

The class of 1929

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Others named MacDonald

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Also headed for New England Conservatory of Music

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 86. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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