Cambridge High and Latin School

Eugene Joseph Kirby “Count”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Eugene Joseph Kirby (“Count”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Paul’s Grammar School; headed for Business College; lived at 25 Cowperthwaite Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 77.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 15 more named Kirby

Full name: Eugene Joseph Kirby
Known as: Count
Born: September 12, 1907
Lived at: 25 Cowperthwaite Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: St. Paul’s Grammar School
Headed for: Business College

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 11
Classmates 318
Same schools 72

In context

Of the 319 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 read for this site, Eugene's is 152nd alphabetically. The entry is on page 77 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 39 to page 119. Eugene's “Business College” falls in the same group as 37 of the 253 plans printed for the class (15%): a business or secretarial school. First names that recur in the class of 1923: Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10). In the class of 1924: Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12). The yearbook calls itself “The Cambridge Review”.

On the same scan page	Damodar D. Kosambi, Mary Krupowicz, Doris Bernice Kurzman
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 25 Cowperthwaite Street

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kirby at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John Kirby (wife Hannah), P O clerk householderpage

What the yearbook said

IF THERE’S ONE THING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, THAT WITH IT CAN COMPARE

If there’s one thing that is beautiful, it’s E. Kirby’s flaming hair. There’s nothing in the school at all, that with it can compare.

Also grew up on Cowperthwaite Street

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Also came from St. Paul’s Grammar School

Also headed for Business College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 77. 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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