Cambridge High and Latin School

Clara M. Burton

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Clara M. Burton among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Morse Grammar School; headed for Bryant & Stratton; lived at 155 Hamilton Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 44.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 24 more named Burton

Full name: Clara M. Burton
Born: Oct. 18, 1905
Lived at: 155 Hamilton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Morse Grammar School
Headed for: Bryant & Stratton

Also searched as: Clara Burton; Burton, Clara.

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Neighbours 13
Same surname 14
Classmates 318
Same schools 29

In context

This site lists 319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923; sorted by surname, Clara comes 22nd. On the scan, the entry sits on page 44, right at the start of the stretch from page 39 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. Clara's “Bryant & Stratton” falls in the same group as 37 of the 253 plans printed for the class (15%): a business or secretarial school. From 1917 to 1928, 14 people in 6 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School give Hamilton Street. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1923 (119 of 217), against 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Margaret Lurline Browne, Mildred Bryant, Regnold H. Bullock
Same street	Hamilton Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Morse Grammar School: 13 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 155 Hamilton Street

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

Edward A Burton (wife Minnie), operator householderpage
Clara M Burton lived herepage

The Burton household is listed here in 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

HER VOICE WAS EVER SOFT, GENTLE, AND AN EXCELLENT THING IN A WOMAN

Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in a woman.

Also grew up on Hamilton Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Burton

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Also came from Morse Grammar School

Also headed for Bryant & Stratton

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 44. 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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