Cambridge High and Latin School
Elwyn S. Furniss “Elly, Stove”
Elwyn S. Furniss (“Elly, Stove”) was one of 196 graduates in the class of 1918 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard. Portrait and entry from the 1918 yearbook, page 20.
Class of 1918
196 in the class of 1918 · 2 more named Furniss
- Full name
- Elwyn S. Furniss
- Known as
- Elly, Stove
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1918
- Headed for
- Harvard
Also searched as: Elwyn Furniss; Furniss, Elwyn.
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In context
196 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 appear on this site, and Furniss puts Elwyn 65th among them. Elwyn is printed on page 20 of the scan, in the first third of the 12-to-39 run of portrait pages. College or university was the plan of 42 of the 102 classmates who printed one (41%), and Elwyn is listed with “Harvard”. Of the 90 plans printed for the class of 1918 that name a kind of next step, 42 (47%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 46% in 1917 and 60% in 1919.
| On the same scan page | Elizabeth Agnes Forrest, Paul Benedict Fraser, Mary Power Gallagher, Alice Elizabeth Gallen and 3 more |
|---|---|
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 42 of 102 classmates with a plan (41%) |
What the page does not say. Home address and grammar school are missing. The rest of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 has them often (home address 91% and grammar school 85%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to Elwyn. The scan is the authority.
The class of 1918
Paul Benedict FraserCambridge 1918
Mary Power GallagherCambridge 1918
Elizabeth Agnes ForrestCambridge 1918
Alice Elizabeth GallenCambridge 1918
Gertrude Lucy FordCambridge 1918
Irene Ruth GalvinCambridge 1918
Others named Furniss
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for Harvard
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1918, page 20.
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Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1918unse).
Published 1918, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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