Brookline High School

Benjamin Nesson “Ben, Poupee”

Benjamin Nesson (“Ben, Poupee”), Brookline High School class of 1927 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from International Correspondence School; activities listed: French Club and Spanish Club; lived at 90 Fuller Street.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 3 more named Nesson

Full name: Benjamin Nesson
Known as: Ben, Poupee
Born: B. May 9, 1910, Cambridge.
Lived at: 90 Fuller Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: College
Came from: International Correspondence School
Ambition: “To be a man of letters”
Pastime: “Studying, five and ten”

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Clubs & teams 271
Neighbours 25
Same surname 2
Classmates 218

In context

Benjamin Nesson is number 147 of 219 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1927 on this site. The entry is on page 63 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 81. 9 people in the class list “Track Squad”, Benjamin included. Benjamin's course, College, is also the course of 71 others in the 209 entries that print one (34% in all). In the class of 1927 the first names most often shared were Helen (7) and Mary (7); the class of 1928 had Helen (11), Margaret (8) and Mary (8).

On the same scan page	Emily Anita Nelson, M. Mildred Nisson, Louise O'Day
Same club	French Club: 64 other classmates
Same club	Spanish Club: 31 other classmates
Same course	College: 72 of 209 classmates with a course (34%)

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What the yearbook said

Whose good nature is as agreeable in conversation as in wit

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 63. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.

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