Cambridge High and Latin School

Harland Page Leighton, Jr. “Ponzi”

Harland Page Leighton, Jr. (“Ponzi”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 131 Magazine Street.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 24 more named Leighton

Full name: Harland Page Leighton, Jr.
Known as: Ponzi
Born: August 20, 1905
Lived at: 131 Magazine Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Harland Leighton; Harland P. Leighton; Leighton, Harland.

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Household 1
Neighbours 47
Same surname 20
Classmates 318
Same schools 234

In context

Harland Page Leighton, Jr. is number 166 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. In the scan, Harland appears on page 80, around the middle of the run of 319 portraits read for this site (pages 39 to 119). Counting Harland, 28 people in the class are listed as coming from Webster Grammar School. College or university was the plan of 119 of the 253 classmates who printed one (47%), and Harland is listed with “Boston University”. The class of 1923: 55% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Nora Agnes Lehan, Eugene C. Lehane, Annie E. Lenox
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 27 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 131 Magazine Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Dorothy Frances LeightonCambridge 1920

What Harland did at school

Track, 1921–22–23

What the yearbook said

History with all her volumes vast, hath but one page.

Also grew up on Magazine Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Leighton

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 80. 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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