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Portrait of Lawrence Walter Gibson, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1925
As printed in the 1925 yearbook

Cambridge High and Latin School

Lawrence Walter Gibson “Hoot”

Class of 1925, Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lawrence Walter Gibson (“Hoot”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Post Graduate, Boston College; activities listed: Football and Room Committee; lived at 24 Walden Street. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 109.

Class of 1925

424 in the class of 1925 · 46 more named Gibson

Full name
Lawrence Walter Gibson
Known as
Hoot
Born
April 28, 1907
Lived at
24 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School
Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1925
Came from
Ellis Grammar School
Headed for
Post Graduate, Boston College

Also searched as: Hoot Gibson; Larry Gibson; Lawrence Gibson; Lawrence W. Gibson.

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Thomas F. Gibson — HouseholdThomas GibsonWalter Lawrence Gibson — HouseholdWalter GibsonMargaret Marie Gibson — HouseholdMargaret GibsonJohn Francis Temple — Group photosJohn TempleRaymond Edward Pearl — Group photosRaymond PearlPasquale Dente — Group photosPasquale DenteMaxwell Reginald Finstein — Group photosMaxwell FinsteinErnest Lennon — Clubs & teamsErnest LennonLouis Cohen — Clubs & teamsLouis CohenWilliam J. Sheehan — Clubs & teamsWilliam SheehanJoseph McKenna — Clubs & teamsJoseph McKennaMary Lucille Schoonover — Clubs & teamsMary SchoonoverPhilip Segel — Clubs & teamsPhilip SegelAgnes Denise O’Brien — NeighboursAgnes O’BrienEdward Finnucane — NeighboursEdward FinnucaneMary Elizabeth Finucane — NeighboursMary FinucaneAgnes D. O’Brien — NeighboursAgnes O’BrienAlice Duffy — NeighboursAlice DuffyWilliam W. Gibson — Same surnameWilliam GibsonGeorge Auger Gibson — Same surnameGeorge GibsonHarry Joseph Gibson — Same surnameHarry GibsonRuth Gibson — Same surnameRuth GibsonHollis G. Gerrish — ClassmatesHollis GerrishRose Duggan Glynn — ClassmatesRose GlynnFlorence Elizabeth Gans — ClassmatesFlorence GansLouis Gnerre — ClassmatesLouis Gnerre

In context

Of the 424 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 read for this site, Lawrence's is 138th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 109, in the last third of the stretch from page 29 to page 137 where this site found the book's portraits. Lawrence's plan is printed as “Post Graduate, Boston College”, which counts here as a college or university; 164 of the 365 classmates who named a plan (45%) named the same kind. The yearbook lists 32 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925 as coming from Ellis Grammar School, including Lawrence. The class of 1925: 54% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 50% in 1924 and 55% in 1926.

On the same scan pageHollis G. Gerrish, Louis Gnerre, Alex Goldfine
Same earlier schoolEllis Grammar School: 31 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)

At home, 24 Walden Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Gibson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

  • Wm Gibson (wife Margaret), city laborer householderpage
  • Marion M Gibson, bookkeeper lived herepage
  • Wm L Gibson, clerk lived herepage

The Gibson household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Lawrence's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Lawrence did at school

  • Football 9
  • Hockey, ’23, ’24, ’25
  • Baseball, ’23, ’24, ’25
  • Glee Club, ’22, ’23, ’24, ’25
  • “Pirates of Penzance”
  • “Chimes of Normandy”
  • Room Committee
  • Senior Drama Cast

Fellow members from Lawrence's own class:

What the yearbook said

Hoot” “Pirates of Penzance” “Chimes of Normandy

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1925

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 109. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, 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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