Cambridge High and Latin School
Ida Rebecca Horblit “Hya”
Class of 1918, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ida Rebecca Horblit (“Hya”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Radcliffe; lived at 98 Ellery Street. Portrait and entry from the 1918 yearbook, page 23.
Class of 1918
196 in the class of 1918 · 1 more named Horblit
- Full name
- Ida Rebecca Horblit
- Known as
- Hya
- Lived at
- 98 Ellery Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1918
- Headed for
- Radcliffe
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In context
This site lists 196 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918; sorted by surname, Ida comes 88th. Turning the scan to page 23 shows Ida; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 39. Among the 102 people in the class who printed a plan, 42 (41%) named a college or university, as Ida did (“Radcliffe”). 5 of Ida's classmates in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1918 also gave Ellery Street as their street. 47% of the graduates in the class of 1918 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 46% in 1917 and 60% in 1919.
| On the same scan page | Vera C. Hokanson, Robert James Hornsby, Elsie Louise Howard, Edward Francis Hudson and 2 more |
|---|---|
| Same street | Ellery Street: 5 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 42 of 102 classmates with a plan (41%) |
At home, 98 Ellery Street
The 1921 city directory lists Ida Rebecca Horblit with the occupation “clerk” (page).
The 1917 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Horblit at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Mendel Horblit (wife Sarah), insurance agent householderpage
The Horblit household is listed here in 1921 too.
Also grew up on Ellery Street
The class of 1918
Vera C. HokansonCambridge 1918
Robert James HornsbyCambridge 1918
Helen Doane HigginsCambridge 1918
Elsie Louise HowardCambridge 1918
Etta Mildred HezlittCambridge 1918
Edward Francis HudsonCambridge 1918
Also headed for Radcliffe
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1918, page 23.
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Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1918unse).
Published 1918, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Cambridge Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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