Cambridge High and Latin School

Dorothy Marie Hand “Dor”

Dorothy Marie Hand (“Dor”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. John’s School; headed for Burdett College; lived at 41 Yorktown Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 9 more named Hand

Full name: Dorothy Marie Hand
Known as: Dor
Lived at: 41 Yorktown Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: St. John’s School
Headed for: Burdett College

Also searched as: Dor Hand; Dot Hand; Dorothy Hand; Dorothy M. Hand.

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Household 1
Neighbours 15
Same surname 4
Classmates 415
Same schools 52

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928, Dorothy stands 176th. Dorothy is printed on page 71 of the scan, around the middle of the 27-to-134 run of portrait pages. Dorothy's “Burdett College” falls in the same group as 66 of the 343 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. From 1914 to 1930, 96 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Dorothy, spread over 16 classes and peaking at 10 in 1927. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1928 has 416 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Fred Hamilton, Irma Adele Hamilton, Margaret Agnes Hanlon
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 8 other people in the class

At home, 41 Yorktown Street

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

Beatrice Margaret HandCambridge 1927

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Hand at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James J Hand (wife Margaret F), plstr householderpage
Beatrice M Hand lived herepage

The Hand household is listed here in 1918, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What Dorothy did at school

G. A. A., 1925–26
Room Committee, 1925–26

What the yearbook said

She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone, or despise.

Also grew up on Yorktown Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Hand

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

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Also came from St. John’s School

Also headed for Burdett College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 71. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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