Cambridge High and Latin School

Leo James Slack “Spark”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Leo James Slack (“Spark”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Eulalia’s School; headed for Exeter, Harvard; lived at 37 Royne Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 108.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 7 more named Slack

Full name: Leo James Slack
Known as: Spark
Born: August 24, 1904
Lived at: 37 Royne Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: St. Eulalia’s School
Headed for: Exeter, Harvard

Also searched as: Spark Slack; Leo Slack; Leo J. Slack; Slack, Leo.

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Same surname 3
Classmates 318
Same schools 1

In context

Of the 319 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 read for this site, Leo's is 274th alphabetically. Find Leo on page 108 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 are spread over pages 39 to 119. In the 8 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1918 and 1930 that this site covers, 10 people have the first name Leo. “Exeter, Harvard” is Leo's plan after graduation; 119 of 253 classmates with a printed plan (47%) named a college or university. 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	Jacob Smith, Philip Smith, Beatrice Louise Sparks
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What Leo did at school

Baseball, 1922–23
Football, 1923

What the yearbook said

UNLIKE HIS NAME HE IS NOT ‘SLACK’ AT FOOTBALL HE’S SOME QUARTER BACK

Unlike his name he is not ‘Slack’ at football he’s some quarter back.

The class of 1923

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Others named Slack

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Also headed for Exeter, Harvard

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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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