Cambridge High and Latin School

Ruth Katz “Rurus”

Ruth Katz (“Rurus”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: came from Carter Junior High School; headed for Radcliffe College; lived at 81 Kirkland Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 38 more named Katz

Full name: Ruth Katz
Known as: Rurus
Lived at: 81 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Carter Junior High School
Headed for: Radcliffe College

Also searched as: Rurus Katz; Katz, Ruth.

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Neighbours 17
Same surname 36
Classmates 415
Same schools 15

In context

416 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Katz puts Ruth 216th among them. Find Ruth on page 81 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. From 1914 to 1930, 94 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Ruth, spread over 15 classes and peaking at 14 in 1927. College or university was the plan of 173 of the 343 classmates who printed one (50%), and Ruth is listed with “Radcliffe College”. 58% of the graduates in the class of 1928 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 54% in 1927 and 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Thomas Joseph Kane, Anna Kaplan, Freda Katz
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same first name	Ruth: 10 other people in the class

At home, 81 Kirkland Street

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

Abraham Katz, (E M F Electric Supply Co) householderpage
Julius Katz (wife Fannie), ironwkr householderpage
Anna Katz, § tehr lived herepage
Benjamin U Katz, § N lived herepage

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

What the yearbook said

An ardent worker, a student bright, Whose work is nearly always right.

Also grew up on Kirkland Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Katz

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

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Also headed for Radcliffe College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 81. 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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