Cambridge High and Latin School

Mary Florence Moran “Quaker Girl”

Class of 1923, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mary Florence Moran (“Quaker Girl”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 71 Porter Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 88.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 83 more named Moran

Full name: Mary Florence Moran
Known as: Quaker Girl
Born: June 17, 1907
Lived at: 71 Porter Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Polly Moran; Mary Moran; Mary F. Moran; Molly Moran.

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Household 1
Same surname 77
Classmates 318
Same schools 192

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923, Mary stands 197th. Turning the scan to page 88 shows Mary; the portraits we read from this book run from page 39 to page 119. Of 253 classmates who gave a plan, 119 (47%) point to a college or university; Mary's entry says “Boston University”. The first name Mary appears 291 times in the 16 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1914 to 1930), most often in 1930 (30). In the class of 1923, 55% of the plans we could classify (119 of 217) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 63% in 1922 and 50% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Vera Theodora Moore, Donald Winchester Moreland, Esther Mary Morley
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 21 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, 71 Porter Street

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

Elizabeth Purcell MoranCambridge 1925

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

James Moran (wife Mary), prod householderpage

The Moran household is listed here in 1916, 1918 and 1919 too.

What Mary did at school

Get-together Day Committee, 1920-21-22
G. A. A., 1920-21-22

What the yearbook said

Quaker Girl” “SHE DID HER FOUR YEAR’S WORK IN THREE, THAT SHE’LL BE FAMOUS WE CAN SEE

She did her four year's work in three, that she'll be famous we can see.

The class of 1923

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Others named Moran

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

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Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 88. 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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