Newton High School

Lawson Chase Kepner

Lawson Chase Kepner is one of 119 graduates in the class of 1914 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1914 yearbook entry gives: came from Bigelow Grammar School; headed for Williams; lived at 43 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville.

Class of 1914

119 in the class of 1914 · 5 more named Kepner

Full name: Lawson Chase Kepner
Born: April 5, 1897.
Lived at: 43 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1914
Course: Classical
Came from: Bigelow Grammar School
Headed for: Williams

Also searched as: Lawson Kepner; Lawson C. Kepner; Kepner, Lawson.

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Household 1
Neighbours 1
Same surname 3
Classmates 118
Same schools 33

In context

Of the 119 entries from the Newton High School class of 1914 read for this site, Lawson's is 69th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 40, around the middle of the stretch from page 21 to page 53 where this site found the book's portraits. Bigelow Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 18 people in the class, Lawson among them. Lawson's “Williams” falls in the same group as 58 of the 79 plans printed for the class (73%): a college or university. 94% of the graduates in the class of 1914 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 94% in 1913 and 80% in 1915.

On the same scan page	Addison Ely Knapp, Margaret Washburn Knapp, Henry T. Lawrence
Same earlier school	Bigelow Grammar School: 17 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 58 of 79 classmates with a plan (73%)
Same course	Classical: 75 of 119 classmates with a course (63%)

At home, 43 Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Kenneth Everard KepnerNewton 1924

What the yearbook said

KEP" "Newtonian" Staff

Debating Team, 1913, 1914. Manager Tennis. Class Basketball, 1912, 1913. Class Baseball, 1912. President Debating Club, 1914. Secretary Triangular Debating League, 1914.

Also grew up on Grove Hill Ave., Newtonville

Phillippa Charles PateyNewton 1925

The class of 1914

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Others named Kepner

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

Also came from Bigelow Grammar School

Also headed for Williams

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1914, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1914newt).

Published 1914, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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