Cambridge High and Latin School

Simeon Joseph Finstein “Joe”

Simeon Joseph Finstein (“Joe”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Choir; lived at 103 Inman Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 65.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 6 more named Finstein

Full name: Simeon Joseph Finstein
Known as: Joe
Lived at: 103 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Wellington Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Joe Finstein; Simeon Finstein; Simeon J. Finstein; Finstein, Simeon.

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Household 1
Neighbours 27
Same surname 4
Classmates 458
Same schools 328

In context

This site lists 459 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927; sorted by surname, Simeon comes 141st. Find Simeon on page 65 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. Of 393 classmates who gave a plan, 191 (49%) point to a college or university; Simeon's entry says “Harvard”. Simeon is one of 21 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 whose entry names Wellington Grammar School as the school they came from. In the class of 1927, 54% of the plans we could classify (191 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Pauline Finstein, Ruth Fishman, Samuel Fishman
Same earlier school	Wellington Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 103 Inman Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Lena Ruth FinsteinCambridge 1928

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Finstein at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Simon Finstein (wife Mary), bottles householderpage
Francis Finstein, salesman lived herepage
Nathan Finstein, waiter lived herepage

The Finstein household is listed here in 1928 and 1930 too.

What Simeon did at school

Choir

What the yearbook said

In his lexicon of youth, there’s no such word as ‘fail’.

Also grew up on Inman Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Finstein

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

Also came from Wellington Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 65. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, 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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