Cambridge High and Latin School

Rebecca Jeanette Leighton “Becky, Becka”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed Rebecca Jeanette Leighton (“Becky, Becka”) among 483 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: headed for Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School; activities listed: President of Home Economics Club; lived at 5 Fresh Pond Lane. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 74.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 24 more named Leighton

Full name: Rebecca Jeanette Leighton
Known as: Becky, Becka
Lived at: 5 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 21
Classmates 482
Same schools 57

In context

Of the 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 that have pages here, Rebecca is 264th in surname order. Rebecca's portrait is on scan page 74, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. Rebecca's “Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School” falls in the same group as 89 of the 430 plans printed for the class (21%): a business or secretarial school. Harvard Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 47 people in the class, Rebecca among them. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1930 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Marjorie Leighton, Talie Lewis, Wilson Joseph Lewis Jr., Maurice Joseph Linehan
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 89 of 430 classmates with a plan (21%)

What Rebecca did at school

President of Home Economics Club
Home Room Committee, 1927-29-30

What the yearbook said

BECKY” “BECKA

Also grew up on Fresh Pond Lane

Frances Alice BurnhamCambridge 1919

The class of 1930

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Others named Leighton

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 74. 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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