Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Elizabeth Whiting “Beth”

Mary Elizabeth Whiting (“Beth”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Radcliffe; activities listed: President of K. B and Secretary of Mandolin Club; lived at 24 Francis Avenue. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 118.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 27 more named Whiting

Full name: Mary Elizabeth Whiting
Known as: Beth
Born: October 24, 1906
Lived at: 24 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Radcliffe

Also searched as: Beth Whiting; Polly Whiting; Mary Whiting; Mary E. Whiting.

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Group photos 6
Neighbours 6
Same surname 23
Classmates 318
Same schools 66

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Mary is 315th in surname order. Find Mary on page 118 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. 17 other graduates came from Agassiz Grammar School, the school Mary is listed as coming from. Across 16 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 291 people are named Mary; the class of 1930 has the most, 30. Against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924, the class of 1923 comes to 319 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Hortense Wetherbee, George Lane Winlock, Jr., Elizabeth Julia Wiseman
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
Same first name	Mary: 20 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 24 Francis Avenue

The 1920 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Whiting at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Charles F Whiting (wife Isabel K), milk M householderpage

The Whiting household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1927 and 1928 too.

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Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Mary's senior portrait.

K. B. Club1923

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What Mary did at school

President of K. B.
Secretary of Mandolin Club

What the yearbook said

T WONDER WHY, WHEN SHE GOES BY PERHAPS AFTER ALL, IT’S ONLY BETH.” WINLOCK, GEORGE LANE, Jr. “Win” “A YOUTH OF QUIET WAYS, A STUDENT OF OLD BOOKS AND DAYS

I wonder why, when she goes by the boys all turn their heads, perhaps it's looks, perhaps it's dress perhaps after all, it's only Beth.

Also grew up on Francis Avenue

The class of 1923

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Others named Whiting

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 118. 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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