Cambridge High and Latin School

Madeleine Ackers “Babe”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Madeleine Ackers (“Babe”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Forsyth Dental School; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 112 Prospect Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 39.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 2 more named Ackers

Full name: Madeleine Ackers
Known as: Babe
Born: April 13, 1904
Lived at: 112 Prospect Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Forsyth Dental School

Also searched as: Babe Ackers; Ackers, Madeleine.

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Clubs & teams 89
Neighbours 28
Same surname 1
Classmates 318
Same schools 65

In context

Sorted by surname, Madeleine opens the list of 319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 on this site. Madeleine's portrait is on scan page 39, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. The yearbook lists 34 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 as coming from Harvard Grammar School, including Madeleine. Count the first names and the class of 1923 gives Mary (21), John (13) and Anna (10), where the class of 1924 gives Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12). “The Cambridge Review” is the name this yearbook gives itself.

On the same scan page	Leslie V. Ackiss, Marion H. Ainley, Esther Alcock
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 112 Prospect Street

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

Charles H Ackers (wife Florence M), manager householderpage

The Ackers household is listed here in 1918, 1920, 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Madeleine did at school

G. A. A. 522
Choir, 1920–21–22–23
Chorus of “Mikado,” “Pirates of Penzance,” “Bells of Corneville.”

Fellow members from Madeleine's own class:

What the yearbook said

STYLE AND CLOTHES ARE FOR HER KIND, BUT SHE ALSO HAS A GOOD MIND.” Chorus of “Mikado,” “Pirates of Penzance,” “Bells of Corneville

Style and clothes are for her kind, but she also has a good mind.

Also grew up on Prospect Street

The class of 1923

All 319 in this class →

Others named Ackers

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

Pauline AckersCambridge 1920

Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Forsyth Dental School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 39. 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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