Cambridge High and Latin School

Esther Babbitt “S”

Class of 1919, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Esther Babbitt (“S”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Cambridge School; headed for Wellesley; lived at 6 Kirkland Road. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 18.

Class of 1919

237 in the class of 1919 · 9 more named Babbitt

Full name: Esther Babbitt
Known as: S
Lived at: 6 Kirkland Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1919
Came from: Cambridge School
Headed for: Wellesley

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 8
Classmates 236
Same schools 20

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 237 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1919, Esther stands 9th. In the scan, Esther appears on page 18, right at the start of the run of 237 portraits read for this site (pages 17 to 48). In the 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 32 people have the first name Esther. College or university was the plan of 69 of the 126 classmates who printed one (55%), and Esther is listed with “Wellesley”. Of the 115 plans printed for the class of 1919 that name a kind of next step, 69 (60%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 47% in 1918 and 60% in 1920.

On the same scan page	Sara M. Barron, Lillian Agnes Barry, Sue Bedinger, Max Henry Bennett and 3 more
Same kind of plan	college or university: 69 of 126 classmates with a plan (55%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 6 Kirkland Road

The 1925 city directory lists Esther Babbitt with the occupation “student S C” (page).

The 1919 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Babbitt at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Irving Babbitt (wife Dora D), prof of French Literature H U householderpage

The Babbitt household is listed here in 1917, 1921 and 1925 too.

Also grew up on Kirkland Road

Charles L. French Jr.Cambridge 1915

The class of 1919

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Also headed for Wellesley

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1919, page 18. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1919unse).

Published 1919, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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