Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Agnes Power “Mae”

Mary Agnes Power (“Mae”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Saint Paul’s School; headed for Business College; lived at 31 Athens Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 120.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 15 more named Power

Full name: Mary Agnes Power
Known as: Mae
Lived at: 31 Athens Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Saint Paul’s School
Headed for: Business College

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Household 1
Neighbours 7
Same surname 13
Classmates 458
Same schools 75

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Mary stands 360th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 120, in the last third of the stretch from page 29 to page 145 where this site found the book's portraits. Mary's plan is printed as “Business College”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 69 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (18%) named the same kind. 291 people named Mary turn up in 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1914 to 1930; 1930 has the most with 30. In the class of 1927 the first names most often shared were Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14); the class of 1926 had Mary (29), John (24) and Margaret (19).

On the same scan page	John A. Porteous, Edna Grace Potter
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 69 of 393 classmates with a plan (18%)
Same first name	Mary: 25 other people in the class
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 31 Athens Street

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

Dorothea Marie PowerCambridge 1929

The 1930 city directory lists Mary Agnes Power with the occupation “stenographer” (page).

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

Thomas L Power (wife Helen T), chauffeur householderpage

The Power household is listed here in 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What the yearbook said

She hath a heart as sound as a bell

“She hath a heart as sound as a bell.”

Also grew up on Athens Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Power

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

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Also came from Saint Paul’s School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 120. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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