Cambridge High and Latin School

Irene Ruth Powell “Ruthie”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Irene Ruth Powell (“Ruthie”) among 462 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Peabody School; headed for Simmons; lived at 21 Parker Street. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 112.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 38 more named Powell

Full name: Irene Ruth Powell
Known as: Ruthie
Lived at: 21 Parker Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Peabody School
Headed for: Simmons

Also searched as: Ruthie Powell; Irene Powell; Irene R. Powell; Powell, Irene.

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Neighbours 8
Same surname 23
Classmates 461
Same schools 52

In context

Of the 462 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926 that have pages here, Irene is 351st in surname order. Irene is printed on page 112 of the scan, in the last third of the 23-to-140 run of portrait pages. The first name Irene runs through 11 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School (1917 to 1929), 16 people in all. College or university was the plan of 197 of the 388 classmates who printed one (51%), and Irene is listed with “Simmons”. Count the first names and the class of 1926 gives Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19), where the class of 1927 gives Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14).

On the same scan page	Bernice Virginia Potter, Edna M. Powers, Florence M. Powers
Same earlier school	Peabody School: 40 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

What the yearbook said

She has a very pleasing way, Both modest and demurely gay

Also grew up on Parker Street

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Others named Powell

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Also came from Peabody School

Also headed for Simmons

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 112. 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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