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Portrait of Leon Mayers, Boston Latin School, class of 1928
As printed in the 1928 yearbook

Boston Latin School

Leon Mayers “Railing”

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed Leon Mayers (“Railing”) among 146 graduates in the class of 1928. The entry gives: came from Theodore Roosevelt School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Physics Club. Portrait and entry from the 1928 yearbook, page 60.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 6 more named Mayers

Full name
Leon Mayers
Known as
Railing
School
Boston Latin School
Graduated
Class of 1928
Came from
Theodore Roosevelt School
Headed for
Harvard

Also searched as: Railing Mayers; Mayers, Leon.

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Charles David Peterson — Clubs & teamsCharles PetersonEarl Cottier Tyler — Clubs & teamsEarl TylerEdward Bernard Jakmauh — Clubs & teamsEdward JakmauhEdward John Greenburg — Clubs & teamsEdward GreenburgEdward Patrick Manning — Clubs & teamsEdward ManningFrancis Edward Gartland — Clubs & teamsFrancis GartlandMildred Florence Mayers — Same surnameMildred MayersThomas C. Mayers — Same surnameThomas MayersMargery B. Mayers — Same surnameMargery MayersMargery Belle Mayers — Same surnameMargery MayersPhilip Runals Mayo — ClassmatesPhilip MayoMartin Lief — ClassmatesMartin LiefPatrick Henry McCarthy — ClassmatesPatrick McCarthyHarold Lichenstein — ClassmatesHarold LichensteinPaul Theodore McEachern — ClassmatesPaul McEachernRose Maybush — Same schoolsRose MaybushWarren Bertram Kohn — Same schoolsWarren KohnHarold Martin Robbins — Same schoolsHarold Robbins

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 146 names from the Boston Latin School class of 1928, Leon stands 90th. Leon's portrait is on scan page 60, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 36 to 75. Leon did not arrive alone from Theodore Roosevelt School: 8 other graduates name it too. “Physics Club” appears in 37 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1928, Leon's among them. John (14), Edward (10) and George (8) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan pageEdward Patrick Manning, Philip Runals Mayo, David Mendelsohn
Same clubPhysics Club: 36 other classmates
Same earlier schoolTheodore Roosevelt School: 8 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What Leon did at school

  • Physics Club 37
  • 1st Lieutenant, Band, 1928
  • Orchestra 1928
  • 1st Prize, B. L. S. Saxophone Competition, 1928

Fellow members from Leon's own class:

What the yearbook said

Vain is the help of man.

The class of 1928

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 60. 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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