Boston Latin School

Benjamin Halpern “Shorty”

Benjamin Halpern (“Shorty”) was one of 146 graduates in the class of 1928 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Henry L. Pierce School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Debating Club and Literary Club. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 52.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 4 more named Halpern

Full name: Benjamin Halpern
Known as: Shorty
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Henry L. Pierce School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Shorty Halpern; Ben Halpern; Halpern, Benjamin.

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Clubs & teams 63
Same surname 2
Classmates 145
Same schools 216

In context

Going through the Boston Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Benjamin is the 63rd of 146 names on this site. The entry is on page 52 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 36 to page 75. Benjamin's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 110 of the 119 classmates who named a plan (92%) named the same kind. Benjamin shared “Literary Club” with 33 seniors, going by what the yearbook prints. A college or university was the plan of 110 of 112 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (98%), compared with 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	John Curry Hagerty, Edward Byron Hall, Louis Hanopol
Same club	Literary Club: 33 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What Benjamin did at school

Debating Club 32
Sergeant-at-Arms, 1927-28
Chess Club, 1926-28
President, 1927-28
Literary Club 51
Chess Team 9
2nd Lieutenant, 8th Company, 4th Regiment 7

Fellow members from Benjamin's own class:

What the yearbook said

The great man s bearing, gait, and eccentricities.

The class of 1928

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Others named Halpern

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

Also came from Henry L. Pierce School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 52. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1928bost_4).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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