Cambridge High and Latin School

Ralph Gross “Grossie”

Class of 1928, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ralph Gross (“Grossie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Harvard Grammar School; headed for Harvard College; lived at 36 Ellery Street. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 69.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 16 more named Gross

Full name: Ralph Gross
Known as: Grossie
Lived at: 36 Ellery Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard College

Also searched as: Grossie Gross; Gross, Ralph.

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Household 1
Group photos 5
Neighbours 33
Same surname 10
Classmates 415
Same schools 108

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Ralph is the 168th of 416 names on this site. Find Ralph on page 69 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 are spread over pages 27 to 134. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and Ralph is listed with “Harvard College”. Harvard Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 34 people in the class, Ralph among them. In the class of 1928, 58% of the plans we could classify (173 of 297) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	David Joseph Greenstein, Rose Greenwood, Agnes Florence Guest
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 36 Ellery Street

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

Saul GrossCambridge 1930

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Gross at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Mayer Gross (wife Ida), (Gross Furniture Co) householderpage
Saul Gross, student lived herepage

The Gross household is listed here in 1927 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

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

Track1927

In the same photographs:

What Ralph did at school

Track Team, 1924–25–26–27
Orchestra, 1925–26–27

What the yearbook said

Hope elevates, and joy brightens his crest.

Also grew up on Ellery Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Gross

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 Harvard College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 69. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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