Brookline High School
Melvin Saul Levison “Mel, Lev”
Class of 1927, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: Melvin Saul Levison (“Mel, Lev”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Dartmouth; activities listed: Football Squad and Football Team; lived at 57 Auburn Street. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 54.
Class of 1927
219 in the class of 1927 · 3 more named Levison
- Full name
- Melvin Saul Levison
- Known as
- Mel, Lev
- Lived at
- 57 Auburn Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1927
- Course
- Tech-College
- Headed for
- Dartmouth
- Ambition
- “To build skyscrapers”
- Pastime
- “Eating and K. P. duty at”
Also searched as: Melvin Levison; Melvin S. Levison; Levison, Melvin.
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In context
Of the 219 names from the Brookline High School class of 1927 that have pages here, Melvin is 112th in surname order. Find Melvin on page 54 of the scan; the people on this site from the Brookline High School class of 1927 are spread over pages 26 to 81. Melvin's “Dartmouth” falls in the same group as 65 of the 125 plans printed for the class (52%): a college or university. 9 people in the class list “Track Squad”, Melvin included. Of the 87 plans printed for the class of 1927 that name a kind of next step, 65 (75%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 68% in 1926 and 78% in 1928.
| On the same scan page | Ruth Leventhal, Orrin Levin, Mignon Lind |
|---|---|
| Same club | Football Team: 10 other classmates |
| Same club | Dramatics: 30 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 65 of 125 classmates with a plan (52%) |
At home, 57 Auburn Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 city directory lists Melvin Saul Levison with the occupation “student” (page).
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Levison at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
What Melvin did at school
- Football Squad 35
- Football Team 108
- Sagamore Home Room Rep. ’24- ’25 153
- Swimming Squad 20
- Dramatics 213
- Class Swimming Team 13
- Track Squad 53
- Marshal ’27
- Usher Senior Social ’27 176
- French Club 460
- Spanish Club 171
- Boys’ Glee Club 12
- Treasurer '27
- Sagamore Circulation Staff
- Assistant Manager Circulation Department ’24-’25-’26
- Year Book Committee 68
Fellow members from Melvin's own class:
Also grew up on Auburn Street
The class of 1927
Orrin LevinBrookline 1927
Mignon LindBrookline 1927
Ruth LeventhalBrookline 1927
Daniel J. Linehan JrBrookline 1927
Elizabeth LetzingBrookline 1927
Marguerite Gladys LohnesBrookline 1927
Others named Levison
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for Dartmouth
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 54.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).
Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.
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