Boston Latin School

Maurice Joseph Berkwitz “Buck”

Class of 1927, Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts: Maurice Joseph Berkwitz (“Buck”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Yale; activities listed: Junior Debating Club and Track Team; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 351.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 1 more named Berkwitz

Full name: Maurice Joseph Berkwitz
Known as: Buck
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: the William Lloyd Garrison School
Headed for: Yale

Also searched as: Buck Berkwitz; Maurice Berkwitz; Maurice J. Berkwitz; Berkwitz, Maurice.

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Clubs & teams 76
Classmates 121
Same schools 10

In context

122 people from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 appear on this site, and Berkwitz puts Maurice 6th among them. Turning the scan to page 351 shows Maurice; the portraits we read from this book run from page 347 to page 381. Among the 100 people in the class who printed a plan, 92 (92%) named a college or university, as Maurice did (“Yale”). Counting Maurice, “Track Team” is named by 28 people in the Boston Latin School class of 1927. The class of 1927: 97% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 98% in 1926 and 98% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Benjamin Baker, John Paul Barry, Samuel Barry
Same club	Junior Debating Club: 16 other classmates
Same club	Track Team: 27 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 92 of 100 classmates with a plan (92%)
The book's own title	Latin School Register

What Maurice did at school

Junior Debating Club 39
Track Team 102
City and Regimental record breaker, 1925
City record breaker, 1927
Class I Ring Committee
Lieutenant, 6th Company
Cheer leader, 1926

Fellow members from Maurice's own class:

What the yearbook said

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The class of 1927

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Also headed for Yale

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 351. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_5).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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