Boston Latin School

Leon Chalfen “Shawl fen”

Leon Chalfen (“Shawl fen”) was one of 146 graduates in the class of 1928 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Comins School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Physics Club. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 41.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 1 more named Chalfen

Full name: Leon Chalfen
Known as: Shawl fen
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Comins School
Headed for: Harvard

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Clubs & teams 36
Classmates 145
Same schools 213

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 146 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1928, Leon stands 20th. Leon is printed on page 41 of the scan, in the first third of the 36-to-75 run of portrait pages. Of 119 classmates who gave a plan, 110 (92%) point to a college or university; Leon's entry says “Harvard”. Counting Leon, “Physics Club” is named by 37 people in the Boston Latin School class of 1928. A college or university was the plan of 110 of 112 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (98%), compared with 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	John Nicholas Chagaris, Edward Francis Chamberlain, Russell E. Chase
Same club	Physics Club: 36 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What Leon did at school

Physics Club 37

Fellow members from Leon's own class:

What the yearbook said

One who loves his fellow men.

The class of 1928

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Also came from Comins School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 41. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1928bost_4).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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