Brookline High School

H. Malcolm Dresser “Mai, Mac, Sonny”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed H. Malcolm Dresser (“Mai, Mac, Sonny”) among 103 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: headed for Antioch College; activities listed: Tug-of-War and Track Team; lived at 139 Mason Terrace. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 28.

Class of 1923

103 in the class of 1923 · 8 more named Dresser

Full name: H. Malcolm Dresser
Known as: Mai, Mac, Sonny
Lived at: 139 Mason Terrace, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Headed for: Antioch College
Ambition: “To own a Wills Saint Claire”
Pastime: “Dishing ice-cream”

Also searched as: Malcolm Dresser; Dresser, Malcolm.

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Clubs & teams 24
Neighbours 18
Same surname 6
Classmates 102
Same schools 1

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 103 names from the Brookline High School class of 1923, Malcolm stands 26th. Turning the scan to page 28 shows Malcolm; the portraits we read from this book run from page 22 to page 51. “Track Team” appears in 11 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1923, Malcolm's among them. Of 44 classmates who gave a plan, 26 (59%) point to a college or university; Malcolm's entry says “Antioch College”. In the class of 1923, 76% of the plans we could classify (26 of 34) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 73% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Walter S. Denning, Grace H. Deviney, Agnes R. Donahue
Same club	Track Team: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 26 of 44 classmates with a plan (59%)
Dedication, as printed	“Arthur W. Roberts IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE”

At home, 139 Mason Terrace

The 1920 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Dresser at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Horatio W Dresser (wife Alice R), author householderpage

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 28. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1923broo).

Published 1923, 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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