Cambridge High and Latin School

Joseph M. Roughan “Speed”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Joseph M. Roughan (“Speed”) among 319 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: headed for Fisher's Business College; activities listed: Track; lived at 129 Spring Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 103.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 2 more named Roughan

Full name: Joseph M. Roughan
Known as: Speed
Born: April 28, 1907
Lived at: 129 Spring Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Fisher's Business College

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Household 1
Neighbours 34
Classmates 318
Same schools 21

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 from A to Z by surname, Joseph is the 257th of 319 names on this site. Joseph's portrait is on scan page 103, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. 10 other classmates came from Sacred Heart School, the school Joseph is listed as coming from. In the 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1915 and 1930 that this site covers, 83 people have the first name Joseph, with the largest group (11) in 1927. A college or university was the plan of 119 of 217 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1923 (55%), compared with 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Henry F. Rosenberger, Harold Rosenwald, Joseph Rothstein
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 37 of 253 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same first name	Joseph: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 129 Spring Street

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

Catherine Teresa RoughanCambridge 1925

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

Catherine T Roughan, clerk lived herepage

What Joseph did at school

Track

What the yearbook said

THEY SAY HIS NICKNAME IS ‘SPEED’ AND HE DESERVES IT, INDEED

They say his nickname is 'speed' and he deserves it, indeed.

Also grew up on Spring Street

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Fisher's Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 103. 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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