Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth E. Ross “Rudy”

Ruth E. Ross (“Rudy”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Bryant and Stratton; activities listed: Home Economics Club; lived at 176 Elm Street.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 80 more named Ross

Full name: Ruth E. Ross
Known as: Rudy
Lived at: 176 Elm Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Western Junior High School, Somerville
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton

Also searched as: Rudy Ross; Ruth Ross; Ross, Ruth.

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Neighbours 58
Same surname 65
Classmates 420
Same schools 30

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Ruth is the 348th of 421 names on this site. Ruth is printed on page 113 of the scan, in the last third of the 25-to-132 run of portrait pages. Across 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School on this site, from 1914 to 1930, 94 people are named Ruth; the class of 1927 has the most, 14. From 1914 to 1930, 57 people in 15 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School give Elm Street. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1929 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 58% in 1928 and 56% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Charles Frederick Rundlet, James Gerard Ryan, Mildred C. Ryan
Same street	Elm Street: 7 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Ruth: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 176 Elm Street

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

Charles N Ross (wife Helen E), cond B & M householderpage
Ruth E Ross, student lived herepage

The Ross household is listed here in 1928 too.

What Ruth did at school

G. A. A., 1925-'26-'27
Home Economics Club
Room Committee, 1926-'27

What the yearbook said

She rushes on to meet success.

Also grew up on Elm Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Ross

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

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Also came from Western Junior High School, Somerville

Mary RieseCambridge 1928

Also headed for Bryant and Stratton

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 113. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, 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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