Cambridge High and Latin School

Pauline Povza “Polly”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Pauline Povza (“Polly”) among 424 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: came from Wellington Grammar School; headed for Salem Normal School; lived at 396 Columbia Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 80.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 1 more named Povza

Full name: Pauline Povza
Known as: Polly
Born: October 30, 1908
Lived at: 396 Columbia Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Salem Normal School

Also searched as: Polly Povza; Povza, Pauline.

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Neighbours 65
Classmates 423
Same schools 110

In context

Pauline Povza is number 319 of 424 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 on this site. Pauline's portrait is on scan page 80, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 137. Among the 365 people in the class who printed a plan, 40 (11%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Pauline did (“Salem Normal School”). Columbia Street turns up in 14 different Cambridge High and Latin School classes between 1915 and 1930, 63 people in all. Names on this site: 424 for the class of 1925, compared with 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926.

On the same scan page	Stasia Puzyn, Mary E. Quinlan, Edna Ellis Rawlings
Same street	Columbia Street: 8 other classmates
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 24 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 40 of 365 classmates with a plan (11%)

At home, 396 Columbia Street

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

Samuel Povza (wife Celia), peddler householderpage
Dora Povza, wvr lived herepage
Samuel Povza Jr., clerk lived herepage
Solomon Povza, operator lived herepage

The Povza household is listed here in 1919, 1920 and 1921 too.

What Pauline did at school

G. A. A., ’22, ’23

Also grew up on Columbia Street

The class of 1925

All 424 in this class →

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Salem Normal School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 80. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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