Cambridge High and Latin School

Gladys Johanna Litter “Gladdie”

Gladys Johanna Litter (“Gladdie”) was one of 462 graduates in the class of 1926 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Agassiz; headed for Radcliffe; lived at 135 Oxford Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 87.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 4 more named Litter

Full name: Gladys Johanna Litter
Known as: Gladdie
Lived at: 135 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Agassiz
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Gladdie Litter; Gladys Litter; Gladys J. Litter; Litter, Gladys.

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Neighbours 38
Same surname 3
Classmates 461
Same schools 63

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 from A to Z by surname, Gladys is the 252nd of 462 names on this site. The entry is on page 87 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 23 to page 140. Agassiz appears as the earlier school of 21 people in the class, Gladys among them. “Radcliffe” is Gladys's plan after graduation; 197 of 388 classmates with a printed plan (51%) named a college or university. Plans for a college or university made up 55% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1926 (197 of 355), against 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Dorothy C. Littlefield, Horatio Locke, John Long
Same street	Oxford Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Agassiz: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 135 Oxford Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Litter at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Jacob S Litter (wife Helen G), stenographer householderpage
Gladys J Litter, student R Coll lived herepage
Sydney Litter, student H U lived herepage

The Litter household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Gladys did at school

G. A. A., 1923
French Club, 1926

What the yearbook said

Cherubs shine in glory as a rule, But this one shines in study here at school.” “Dot is small and quite slender. She has a smile that’s very tender

124 Oxford Street

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The class of 1926

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Others named Litter

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

Also came from Agassiz

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 87. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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