Boston Latin School

Solomon Smith “Sol, Smitty”

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed Solomon Smith (“Sol, Smitty”) among 122 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from Oliver Wendell Holmes School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Class Day Committee. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 378.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 715 more named Smith

Full name: Solomon Smith
Known as: Sol, Smitty
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Oliver Wendell Holmes School
Headed for: Harvard

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Clubs & teams 18
Same surname 514
Classmates 121
Same schools 298

In context

Of the 122 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Solomon's is 108th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 378, near the end of the stretch from page 347 to page 381 where this site found the book's portraits. “Harvard” is Solomon's plan after graduation; 92 of 100 classmates with a printed plan (92%) named a college or university. Solomon is listed under “Class Day Committee”, along with 8 other graduates. Among first names, the class of 1927 favours Joseph (8), Francis (7) and John (7); the class of 1926 had John (11), Joseph (6) and James (5).

On the same scan page	Richard Burton Smith, Eugene Karl Suck, Joseph Timothy Sullivan
Same club	Class Day Committee: 8 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 Solomon did at school

Baseball, 1926-27
Captain, 11th Company, 5th Regiment
Class Day Committee 52

Fellow members from Solomon's own class:

What the yearbook said

As the mind is pitch d.

The class of 1927

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Others named Smith

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Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 378. 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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