Cambridge High and Latin School

Edwin G. Olson “Ed”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Edwin G. Olson (“Ed”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Wheaton College, Illinois; lived at 341 Columbia Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 94.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 52 more named Olson

Full name: Edwin G. Olson
Known as: Ed
Born: September 7, 1905
Lived at: 341 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Wheaton College, Illinois

Also searched as: Ed Olson; Edwin Olson; Olson, Edwin.

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Neighbours 65
Same surname 31
Classmates 318
Same schools 36

In context

Edwin G. Olson is number 217 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Find Edwin on page 94 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 are spread over pages 39 to 119. Edwin was not alone on Columbia Street: 7 other classmates list it too. The yearbook lists 22 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Wellington Grammar School, including Edwin. The class of 1923: 55% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Elinor G. Olsen, James Joseph O’Connor, Josephine C. O’Connor
Same street	Columbia Street: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 341 Columbia Street

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

Gustaf M Olson (wife Elizabeth), pianowkr householderpage

The Olson household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921 too.

What the yearbook said

In LATIN OR GEOMETRY HE’LL NEVER BE PRISED

In Latin or Geometry he'll never be prized, but in a beauty contest you'd be surprised.

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Olson

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Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Wheaton College, Illinois

David Roscoe BakerMelrose 1938

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 94. 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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