Cambridge High and Latin School

W. Lawrence Usher “Law”

W. Lawrence Usher (“Law”) was one of 459 graduates in the class of 1927 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Amherst; lived at 150 Upland Road. Portrait and entry from the Golden Treasury, page 138.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 4 more named Usher

Full name: W. Lawrence Usher
Known as: Law
Lived at: 150 Upland Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Amherst

Also searched as: Law Usher; Larry Usher; Lawrence Usher; Usher, Lawrence.

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Neighbours 39
Same surname 3
Classmates 458
Same schools 61

In context

Of the 459 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 that have pages here, Lawrence is 429th in surname order. Lawrence's portrait is on scan page 138, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 29 to 145. Lawrence's plan is printed as “Amherst”, which counts here as a college or university; 191 of the 393 classmates who named a plan (49%) named the same kind. Lawrence is one of 29 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 whose entry names Peabody Grammar School as the school they came from. In the class of 1927, 54% of the plans we could classify (191 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Elmer Edward Turner, Vesta Turner, Laurel Vincent
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 191 of 393 classmates with a plan (49%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

What Lawrence did at school

Room Committee, 1926–27
Editor of Review, 1927

What the yearbook said

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

Also grew up on Upland Road

The class of 1927

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Others named Usher

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Amherst

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 138. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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