Cambridge High and Latin School

Isadore Goverman “Izzy”

Isadore Goverman (“Izzy”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Boston University Law School; lived at 100 Trowbridge Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 65.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 4 more named Goverman

Full name: Isadore Goverman
Known as: Izzy
Born: June 7, 1905
Lived at: 100 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University Law School

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Household 2
Neighbours 51
Same surname 1
Classmates 318
Same schools 38

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Isadore is 106th in surname order. In the scan, Isadore appears on page 65, in the first third of the run of 319 portraits read for this site (pages 39 to 119). From 1915 to 1930, 54 people in 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School give Trowbridge Street. The yearbook lists 22 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Wellington Grammar School, including Isadore. Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1923, and Mary (19), Helen (10) and John (10) in the class of 1922.

On the same scan page	George Lane Glasheen, Charlotta Goddard, Evelyn Lee Golburgh
Same street	Trowbridge Street: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 21 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, 100 Trowbridge Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1928 city directory lists Isadore Goverman with the occupation “clerk” (page).

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Goverman at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Louis Goverman (wife Bertha), dry gds householderpage

The Goverman household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

COME AROUND WHEN YOU WANT A POSITION

To be a lawyer is his ambition, come around when you want a position.

Also grew up on Trowbridge Street

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Others named Goverman

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

Myron Herbert GovermanBoston Latin School 1943

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University Law School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 65. 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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