Cambridge High and Latin School

Jacob Smith

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Jacob Smith. The yearbook entry prints: came from Houghton Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 174 Putnam Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 108.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 715 more named Smith

Full name: Jacob Smith
Born: March 28, 1906
Lived at: 174 Putnam Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Houghton Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

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Household 1
Neighbours 78
Same surname 513
Classmates 318
Same schools 107

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 from A to Z by surname, Jacob is the 275th of 319 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 108 shows Jacob; the portraits we read from this book run from page 39 to page 119. People named Smith appear in 11 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site between 1914 and 1930, 24 in all. Jacob's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 119 of the 253 classmates who named a plan (47%) named the same kind. In the class of 1923, 55% of the plans we could classify (119 of 217) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Leo James Slack, Philip Smith, Beatrice Louise Sparks
Same street	Putnam Avenue: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Houghton Grammar School: 4 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, 174 Putnam Avenue

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

Sophia SmithCambridge 1922

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Smith at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Morris Smith (wife Gertrude), gro householderpage

The Smith household is listed here in 1918 too.

What the yearbook said

HE WAS SO GENERALLY CIVIL THAT NOBODY THANKED HIM FOR IT.” “PHIL CAN HIMSELF CONTROL, WHEN HE IS GUARDING THE GOAL

He was so generally civil that nobody thanked him for it.

Also grew up on Putnam Avenue

The class of 1923

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Jacob SmithSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: New Jersey 1920

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Also came from Houghton Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 108. 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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