Cambridge High and Latin School

Walter Baptiste “Speed”

Class of 1927, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Walter Baptiste (“Speed”). The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Harvard; lived at 184 Green Street. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 33.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 5 more named Baptiste

Full name: Walter Baptiste
Known as: Speed
Lived at: 184 Green Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Harvard

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Neighbours 39
Same surname 4
Classmates 458
Same schools 326

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Walter's is 17th alphabetically. Find Walter on page 33 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. From 1918 to 1929, 22 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Walter, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 5 in 1925. Walter's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 191 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (49%) named the same kind. For Cambridge High and Latin School, the site holds 459 people from the class of 1927, against 462 for 1926 and 416 for 1928.

On the same scan page	Ethel Baron, James John Barry, Brooks Bartlett
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 184 Green Street

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

Joseph C Baptiste (wife Annie), ironwkr householderpage

The Baptiste household is listed here in 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also grew up on Green Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Baptiste

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Also came from St. Mary’s School

Also headed for Harvard

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 33. 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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