Cambridge High and Latin School

Philip Fanshawe Clapp “Phil”

Philip Fanshawe Clapp (“Phil”) is one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1930 yearbook entry gives: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Harvard; lived at 20 Bellevue Avenue.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 21 more named Clapp

Full name: Philip Fanshawe Clapp
Known as: Phil
Lived at: 20 Bellevue Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Phil Clapp; Philip Clapp; Philip F. Clapp; Clapp, Philip.

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Household 2
Neighbours 10
Same surname 15
Classmates 482
Same schools 87

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930, Philip stands 68th. Find Philip on page 34 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 are spread over pages 21 to 118. Of 430 classmates who gave a plan, 206 (48%) point to a college or university; Philip's entry says “Harvard”. From 1917 to 1930, 13 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Philip, spread over 9 classes. In the class of 1930, 56% of the plans we could classify (206 of 371) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Carolyn Libera Cervone, Thomas Charnley, Edward Ernest Christopher, Leo Henry Clancy
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)

At home, 20 Bellevue Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Clapp at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James F Clapp, archt B householderpage
James F Clapp Jr., student H U lived herepage

The Clapp household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Studious, sober as a judge Always friendly, never holds a grudge

Studious, sober as a judge Always friendly, never holds a grudge.

Also grew up on Bellevue Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Clapp

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, 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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