Boston Latin School

George Winslow Babb “General”

George Winslow Babb (“General”) is one of 104 graduates in the class of 1926 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: came from Longfellow School; headed for Harvard; a motto.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 7 more named Babb

Full name: George Winslow Babb
Known as: General
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Longfellow School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Fifth General of the U. S.”

Also searched as: General Babb; George Babb; George W. Babb; Babb, George.

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Same surname 4
Classmates 103
Same schools 231

In context

Of the 104 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1926 read for this site, George's is 4th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 18, right at the start of the stretch from page 18 to page 45 where this site found the book's portraits. Among the 92 people in the class who printed a plan, 88 (96%) named a college or university, as George did (“Harvard”). Across 9 classes of Boston Latin School on this site, from 1926 to 1945, 44 people are named George; the class of 1942 has the most, 9. Of the 90 plans printed for the class of 1926 that name a kind of next step, 88 (98%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Benjamin Alexander, David S. Altman, Allan F. Archer
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)

What George did at school

Glee Club, 1924-25, 1925-26
Captain Jlth Cg., 4th Regiment. 13

What the yearbook said

Come gentle Spring ! ethereal mildness cornel

The class of 1926

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Others named Babb

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Longfellow School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 18. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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