Brookline High School
Gertrude Lakson “Tru”
Gertrude Lakson (“Tru”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Wellesley College; activities listed: French Club and Speed Ball; lived at 133 Coolidge Street. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 63.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Lakson
- Full name
- Gertrude Lakson
- Known as
- Tru
- Lived at
- 133 Coolidge Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Wellesley College
- Ambition
- “A week full of Saturday nights”
- Pastime
- “Sagging”
Also searched as: Tru Lakson; Gertie Lakson; Lakson, Gertrude.
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In context
249 people from the Brookline High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Lakson puts Gertrude 122nd among them. In the scan, Gertrude appears on page 63, around the middle of the run of 249 portraits read for this site (pages 31 to 96). College or university was the plan of 84 of the 127 classmates who printed one (66%), and Gertrude is listed with “Wellesley College”. The first name Gertrude appears 14 times in the 6 Brookline High School classes read for this site (1923 to 1930), most often in 1930 (7). Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1929 has 249 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930.
| On the same scan page | Jesse Klein, Stephen David Kovar, Nicholas J. Larkin Jr |
|---|---|
| Same club | French Club: 66 other classmates |
| Same club | Speed Ball: 9 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 84 of 127 classmates with a plan (66%) |
| Same course | College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 133 Coolidge Street
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Lakson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Samuel T Lakson (wife Elizabeth), Iwyr B householderpage
What Gertrude did at school
- French Club 460
- German Club '27 Secretary ’28 139
- Speed Ball 29
- Class Day Marshal '28 208
- Marshal ’26, ’27, ’28, ’29
- Prize Speaking ’26, ’27, Winner ’28
- Girls' League 474
- Senior Social 176
- Year Book Committee 68
Fellow members from Gertrude's own class:
What the yearbook said
A presence that disturbs me with a joy
Also grew up on Coolidge Street
The class of 1929
Stephen David KovarBrookline 1929
Nicholas J. Larkin JrBrookline 1929
Jesse KleinBrookline 1929
Edward Sydney LebowichBrookline 1929
Robert KirkBrookline 1929
Elizabeth LeeBrookline 1929
Also headed for Wellesley College
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 63.
View the original scan at the
Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).
Published 1929, 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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