Boston Latin School

Lawrence Elias Putnam “put”

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed Lawrence Elias Putnam (“put”) among 104 graduates in the class of 1926. The entry gives: came from O. H. Perry School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Glee Club and French Club. Portrait and entry from the 1926 yearbook, page 39.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 26 more named Putnam

Full name: Lawrence Elias Putnam
Known as: put
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: O. H. Perry School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Physician.”

Also searched as: put Putnam; Larry Putnam; Lawrence Putnam; Lawrence E. Putnam.

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Clubs & teams 51
Same surname 22
Classmates 103
Same schools 229

In context

This site lists 104 people from the Boston Latin School class of 1926; sorted by surname, Lawrence comes 81st. The entry is on page 39 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 18 to page 45. Lawrence shared “Glee Club” with 14 seniors, going by what the yearbook prints. Lawrence's plan is printed as “Harvard”, which counts here as a college or university; 88 of the 92 classmates who named a plan (96%) named the same kind. John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1926, and Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	James H. Payne Jr, Edward J. Powers, Edward Stephen Prendergast
Same club	Glee Club: 14 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 14 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)

What Lawrence did at school

Glee Club 80
French Club 96
Track Team, 1923-24
Swimming 1924-25-26
Captain of Swimming, 1925-26
Lieutenant 8th Co., 4th Regiment. 34

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Others named Putnam

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Also came from O. H. Perry School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 39. 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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