Cambridge High and Latin School

James D. Dudley “Dud”

James D. Dudley (“Dud”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Andover; lived at 1740 Mass. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 57.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 22 more named Dudley

Full name: James D. Dudley
Known as: Dud
Born: February 8, 1906
Lived at: 1740 Mass, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Dud Dudley; Jim Dudley; James Dudley; Jimmy Dudley.

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Neighbours 12
Same surname 19
Classmates 318
Same schools 138

In context

Of the 319 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 read for this site, James's is 70th alphabetically. In the scan, James appears on page 57, in the first third of the run of 319 portraits read for this site (pages 39 to 119). Mass turns up in 4 different Cambridge High and Latin School classes between 1917 and 1924, 13 people in all. James was not alone on Mass: 7 other classmates list it too. First names that recur in the class of 1923: Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10). In the class of 1924: Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12).

On the same scan page	Isadore Ralph Duchin, Mary Frances Dunlea, Wanda Dymsza
Same street	Mass: 7 other classmates
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 21 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
Same first name	James: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 1740 Mass

The 1927 city directory lists James D. Dudley with the occupation “student II U” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Dudley at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James Dudley, student II U lived herepage

The Dudley household is listed here in 1928 too.

What James did at school

Football, 1921–22
Baseball, 1922–23
Andover

What the yearbook said

THE CATCHER ON OUR BASEBALL TEAM, VERSATILE ATHLETE IN FACT, ’TWOULD SEEM

The catcher on our baseball team, versatile athlete in fact, ’twould seem.

Also grew up on Mass

The class of 1923

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Others named Dudley

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 57. 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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