Cambridge High and Latin School

Myles Howard Coates “Coatsey”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Myles Howard Coates (“Coatsey”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Boston University; lived at 27 Upland Road. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 48.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 9 more named Coates

Full name: Myles Howard Coates
Known as: Coatsey
Lived at: 27 Upland Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Coatsey Coates; Myles Coates; Myles H. Coates; Coates, Myles.

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Household 1
Neighbours 38
Same surname 6
Classmates 458
Same schools 348

In context

459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Coates puts Myles 77th among them. Turning the scan to page 48 shows Myles; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 145. College or university was the plan of 191 of the 393 classmates who printed one (49%), and Myles is listed with “Boston University”. Myles did not arrive alone from Harvard Grammar School: 38 other classmates name it too. Names on this site: 459 for the class of 1927, compared with 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Henrietta Clayton, Mary Coady, Mary Geraldine Coady
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 38 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 27 Upland Road

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

Howard Myles CoatesCambridge 1928

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

Irving Coates, salesman householderpage

The Coates household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What Myles did at school

Room Committee, 1924–25–26

What the yearbook said

Experience, that excellent master, has taught me many things.

Also grew up on Upland Road

The class of 1927

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Others named Coates

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 48. 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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