Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Beatrice Harney “May”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mary Beatrice Harney (“May”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Burdett’s College; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 71 Sixth Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 77.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 10 more named Harney

Full name: Mary Beatrice Harney
Known as: May
Lived at: 71 Sixth Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Burdett’s College

Also searched as: May Harney; Polly Harney; Mary Harney; Mary B. Harney.

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Clubs & teams 126
Neighbours 10
Same surname 8
Classmates 458
Same schools 41

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Mary's is 190th alphabetically. The entry is on page 77 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 29 to page 145. Among first names in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927, Mary comes 1st in frequency (26 people). Among the 393 people in the class who printed a plan, 69 (18%) named a business or secretarial school, as Mary did (“Burdett’s College”). A college or university was the plan of 191 of 355 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1927 (54%), compared with 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Ralph Maurice Hanrahan, Mary Elizabeth Harhen, Alice Wickens Harries
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 9 other classmates
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, 71 Sixth Street

The 1928 city directory lists Mary Beatrice Harney with the occupation “clerk” (page).

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

Wm Harney (wife Katherine), driver householderpage
Mary B Harney, clerk lived herepage

The Harney household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Mary's own class:

What the yearbook said

Now, really few with her compare, She learnt her lessons with greatest care.

Also grew up on Sixth Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Harney

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Burdett’s College

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 77. 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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