Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Elizabeth Beck “Betty, Beth”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Mary Elizabeth Beck (“Betty, Beth”) among 366 graduates in the class of 1924. The entry gives: came from Sacred Heart School; headed for Lowell Normal School; lived at 8 Pearl Terrace. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 121.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 24 more named Beck

Full name: Mary Elizabeth Beck
Known as: Betty, Beth
Born: June 18, 1907
Lived at: 8 Pearl Terrace, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Lowell Normal School

Also searched as: Polly Beck; Mary Beck; Mary E. Beck; Molly Beck.

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Neighbours 7
Same surname 16
Classmates 365
Same schools 41

In context

Mary Elizabeth Beck is number 17 of 366 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 on this site. Mary is printed on page 121 of the scan, near the end of the 29-to-122 run of portrait pages. In the 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1914 and 1930 that this site covers, 291 people have the first name Mary, with the largest group (30) in 1930. “Lowell Normal School” is Mary's plan after graduation; 31 of 296 classmates with a printed plan (10%) named a normal school or teachers college. In the class of 1924, 50% of the plans we could classify (123 of 244) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1923 and 54% in 1925.

On the same scan page	Edward D. Collins, Charles Joseph Donovan
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 15 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 31 of 296 classmates with a plan (10%)
Same first name	Mary: 26 other people in the class

At home, 8 Pearl Terrace

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

Charles J Beck (wife Nellie H), laborer householderpage
Nellie Beck, finisher lived herepage

The Beck household is listed here in 1921, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Mary did at school

G. A. A., 1921-22

What the yearbook said

Betty,” “Beth

Also grew up on Pearl Terrace

The class of 1924

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Others named Beck

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

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Lowell Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 121. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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