Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth M. MacPherson “Bessie”

Elizabeth M. MacPherson (“Bessie”) appears in the 1927 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 20 Grant Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 7 more named MacPherson

Full name: Elizabeth M. MacPherson
Known as: Bessie
Lived at: 20 Grant Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Paul’s School
Headed for: Business School

Also searched as: Bessie MacPherson; Betty MacPherson; Elizabeth MacPherson; Beth MacPherson.

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Neighbours 8
Same surname 6
Classmates 458
Same schools 56

In context

Elizabeth M. MacPherson is number 265 of 459 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 on this site. In the scan, Elizabeth appears on page 96, around the middle of the run of 459 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 145). In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 86 people have the first name Elizabeth, with the largest group (10) in 1927. Elizabeth's plan is printed as “Business School”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 69 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (18%) named the same kind. The class of 1927: 54% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	John Moulton Lovejoy, Doris G. MacLeod
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 9 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

What the yearbook said

She is always laughing, for she has an infinite deal of wit.

Also grew up on Grant Street

The class of 1927

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Others named MacPherson

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Also came from St. Paul’s School

Also headed for Business School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 96. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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