Cambridge High and Latin School

Russell William Kerr “Russell, Cupid, Bill”

Class of 1924, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Russell William Kerr (“Russell, Cupid, Bill”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Russell Grammar School; headed for Huntington School, Boston University; lived at 127 Lexington Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1924 yearbook, page 70.

Class of 1924

366 in the class of 1924 · 23 more named Kerr

Full name: Russell William Kerr
Known as: Russell, Cupid, Bill
Born: February 9, 1907
Lived at: 127 Lexington Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Came from: Russell Grammar School
Headed for: Huntington School, Boston University

Also searched as: Russ Kerr; Russell Kerr; Russell W. Kerr; Kerr, Russell.

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Neighbours 27
Same surname 15
Classmates 365
Same schools 43

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1924 from A to Z by surname, Russell is the 187th of 366 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 70 shows Russell; the portraits we read from this book run from page 29 to page 122. Among the 296 people in the class who printed a plan, 123 (42%) named a college or university, as Russell did (“Huntington School, Boston University”). Counting Russell, 18 people in the class are listed as coming from Russell Grammar School. In the class of 1924 the first names most often shared were Mary (27), Helen (17) and John (12); the class of 1925 had Mary (19), John (16) and William (12).

On the same scan page	Meredith Eleanor Keller, Julia M. Kelliher, Paul King
Same earlier school	Russell Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 123 of 296 classmates with a plan (42%)

What Russell did at school

Baseball, 1923, 1924

Also grew up on Lexington Avenue

The class of 1924

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1924, page 70. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1924unse).

Published 1924, 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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