Boston Latin School

Irving I. Brest

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed Irving I. Brest among 104 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from Tileston School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Fidelity Prize and Member of Dance Committee. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 21.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 2 more named Brest

Full name: Irving I. Brest
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: Tileston School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “President of the Anti-Saloon”

Also searched as: Irving Brest; Brest, Irving.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 103
Same schools 229

In context

Of the 104 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1926 that have pages here, Irving is 13th in surname order. Irving's portrait is on scan page 21, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 45. Of 92 classmates who gave a plan, 88 (96%) point to a college or university; Irving's entry says “Harvard”. Against 122 for 1927, the class of 1926 comes to 104 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Paul F. Brophey, Thomas Francis Brown Jr, Norman Hull Bruce
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)

What Irving did at school

Orchestra, 1922-23-24
Band, 1924 25
Dramatic Club Orchestra, 1922-23
1st Lieutenant and Leader of Band
Fidelity Prize
Member of Dance Committee

What the yearbook said

Babe

The class of 1926

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Others named Brest

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

Bennett BrestNortheastern University 1929

Also came from Tileston School

Harry FeinbergBoston Latin School 1928

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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