Cambridge High and Latin School

Henry Ware Forbes “Hal”

Henry Ware Forbes (“Hal”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard College; lived at 30 Coolidge Avenue; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 57.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 20 more named Forbes

Full name: Henry Ware Forbes
Known as: Hal
Lived at: 30 Coolidge Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Hal Forbes; Henry Forbes; Henry W. Forbes; Forbes, Henry.

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 16
Classmates 420
Same schools 37

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, Henry comes 128th. The entry is on page 57 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 25 to page 132. Henry's plan is printed as “Harvard College”, which counts here as a college or university; 174 of the 364 classmates who named a plan (48%) named the same kind. The first name Henry runs through 13 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1915 to 1930), 30 people in all, and is most common in 1927 (5). Names on this site: 421 for the class of 1929, compared with 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Samuel Robert Fogel, Anne T. Frances Foley, James Ford
Same kind of plan	college or university: 174 of 364 classmates with a plan (48%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 30 Coolidge Avenue

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Forbes at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Glidden Forbes, clerk lived herepage

The Forbes household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Although he’s quite a studious boy, The recess bell fills him with joy.

Also grew up on Coolidge Avenue

The class of 1929

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Others named Forbes

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Also headed for Harvard College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 57. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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