Brookline High School

Lawrence Leland “Lee. Larry”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Lawrence Leland (“Lee. Larry”) among 219 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: headed for Dartmouth —; activities listed: Crew Squad and Second Assistant Manager Baseball; lived at 30 Francis Street. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 53.

Class of 1927

219 in the class of 1927 · 10 more named Leland

Full name: Lawrence Leland
Known as: Lee. Larry
Lived at: 30 Francis Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Technical
Headed for: Dartmouth —
Ambition: “To graduate from Dartmouth”
Pastime: “Talking”

Also searched as: Larry Leland; Leland, Lawrence.

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Clubs & teams 244
Neighbours 8
Same surname 8
Classmates 218
Same schools 49

In context

Lawrence Leland is number 108 of 219 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1927 on this site. Turning the scan to page 53 shows Lawrence; the portraits we read from this book run from page 26 to page 81. 20 of the 209 classmates who printed a course (10%) took Technical, as Lawrence did. “Second Assistant Manager Baseball” appears in 17 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1927, Lawrence's among them. The class of 1927: 75% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 68% in 1926 and 78% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Lillian A. Le Gacy, Robert Lehrkinder, Elizabeth Letzing
Same club	Second Assistant Manager Baseball: 16 other classmates
Same club	Four Minute Speaker: 21 other classmates
Same course	Technical: 20 of 209 classmates with a course (10%)

At home, 30 Francis Street

The 1928 city directory lists Lawrence Leland with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Leland at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Herbert M Leland (wife Catherine), banker B householderpage
Gordon M Leland, salesman lived herepage
Lawrence Leland, student lived herepage

The Leland household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1931 too.

What Lawrence did at school

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What the yearbook said

And cursed be he that first cries ‘Hold! Enough’ !

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The class of 1927

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Others named Leland

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Also headed for Dartmouth —

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 53. 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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