Cambridge High and Latin School

Kathleen V. MacBeth “Kay”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Kathleen V. MacBeth (“Kay”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Paul’s Grammar School; headed for Lesley Normal School; lived at 9 Storey Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 82.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 3 more named MacBeth

Full name: Kathleen V. MacBeth
Known as: Kay
Born: September 25, 1905
Lived at: 9 Storey Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: St. Paul’s Grammar School
Headed for: Lesley Normal School

Also searched as: Kay MacBeth; Kathleen MacBeth; MacBeth, Kathleen.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 318
Same schools 27

In context

Kathleen V. MacBeth is number 171 of 319 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Kathleen's portrait is on scan page 82, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. Among the 253 people in the class who printed a plan, 27 (11%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Kathleen did (“Lesley Normal School”). Across 8 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1918 to 1930, 10 people are named Kathleen. Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1923, and Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12) in the class of 1924.

On the same scan page	Althea M. MacDonald, Laurie MacGregor, Dorothy Esther MacNabb
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 27 of 253 classmates with a plan (11%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 9 Storey Street

The 1928 city directory lists Kathleen V. MacBeth with the occupation “widow of Barksdale” (page).

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

Barksdale MacBeth Jr., assistant engineer lived herepage
George H MacBeth, acct lived herepage
Jane F MacBeth, clerk lived herepage

The MacBeth household is listed here in 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Kathleen did at school

Choir, 1920-21-22
Get-Together Committee, 1920-21
"Pinafore"
"Pirates of Penzance"
"Mikado"

What the yearbook said

HERE’S TO KAY A WEE, LITTLE LASS, CLASS.” “Pinafore” “Pirates of Penzance” “Mikado

Here's to Kay a wee, little lass, such a delightful worker in our Senior Class.

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Others named MacBeth

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

John Daniel MacBethCambridge 1926

Also came from St. Paul’s Grammar School

Also headed for Lesley Normal School

Dorothy L. BurgessSomerville 1924

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 82. 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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