Cambridge High and Latin School

George Bicknell Colesworthy “Bick”

George Bicknell Colesworthy (“Bick”) appears in the 1928 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 186 Elm Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 1 more named Colesworthy

Full name: George Bicknell Colesworthy
Known as: Bick
Lived at: 186 Elm Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Bick Colesworthy; George Colesworthy; George B. Colesworthy; Colesworthy, George.

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Neighbours 58
Classmates 415
Same schools 253

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 416 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928, George stands 69th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 44, in the first third of the stretch from page 27 to page 134 where this site found the book's portraits. George was not alone on Elm Street: 4 other seniors list it too. George's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 173 of the 343 classmates who named a plan (50%) named the same kind. A college or university was the plan of 173 of 297 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (58%), compared with 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	David Cohen, Morris Cohen, Gertrude Elizabeth Colby
Same street	Elm Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	George: 5 other people in the class

At home, 186 Elm Street

The 1928 city directory lists George Bicknell Colesworthy with the occupation “master Fletcher sch and sec” (page).

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Colesworthy at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George B Colesworthy (wife Bertha), master Fletcher sch and sec householderpage

The Colesworthy household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

What George did at school

Room Committee, 1925–26
Advertising Manager of Year Book
Senior Drama Cast
Senior Drama Committee
Delta Sigma Nu

What the yearbook said

All I ask is to be left alone.

Also grew up on Elm Street

The class of 1928

All 416 in this class →

Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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