Cambridge High and Latin School
Rex James “Wrecks”
Rex James (“Wrecks”) was one of 319 graduates in the class of 1923 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Colby College; activities listed: Senior Advisory Board; lived at 67 Mount Vernon Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 72.
Class of 1923
319 in the class of 1923 · 37 more named James
- Full name
- Rex James
- Known as
- Wrecks
- Born
- February 18, 1905
- Lived at
- 67 Mount Vernon Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- School
- Cambridge High and Latin School
- Graduated
- Class of 1923
- Came from
- St. Lambert Academy, Montreal, Canada
- Headed for
- Colby College
Also searched as: Wrecks James; James, Rex.
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In context
This site lists 319 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923; sorted by surname, Rex comes 132nd. Rex's portrait is on scan page 72, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 39 to 119. Among the 253 people in the class who printed a plan, 119 (47%) named a college or university, as Rex did (“Colby College”). For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 319 people from the class of 1923, against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924. Printed in the book's front pages: “The Cambridge Review”.
| On the same scan page | Elaine Alma Johnston, Paul Jones, Helen Gertrude Joyce |
|---|---|
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%) |
| The book's own title | The Cambridge Review |
At home, 67 Mount Vernon Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named James at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
Also pictured in group photographs
Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Rex's senior portrait.
In the same photographs:
What Rex did at school
- Football 1922
- Hockey 1922–23
- Senior Advisory Board
What the yearbook said
STUDIOUS, AMBITIOUS, ATHLETIC IS HR, ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL MAY HE BE
Studious, ambitious, athletic is he, always successful may he be.
Also grew up on Mount Vernon Street
The class of 1923
Nancy JamesCambridge 1923
Elaine Alma JohnstonCambridge 1923
Frederick M. JacksonCambridge 1923
Paul JonesCambridge 1923
Herbert Moore HoughtonCambridge 1923
Helen Gertrude JoyceCambridge 1923
Others named James
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Carl Prescott JamesWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1911
Merrill Harding JamesFitchburg 1926
Philip G. JamesBrockton 1942
Arthur Joseph JamesBrockton 1945
Donald H. JamesNew Bedford 1940
Wayne L. JamesNew Bedford 1943
Also headed for Colby College
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Source
Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 72.
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Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).
Published 1923, 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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