Cambridge High and Latin School

Walter Lawrence Gibson “Hoot, Gibby”

Walter Lawrence Gibson (“Hoot, Gibby”) appears in the 1926 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 24 Walden Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1926

462 in the class of 1926 · 46 more named Gibson

Full name: Walter Lawrence Gibson
Known as: Hoot, Gibby
Lived at: 24 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Headed for: Holy Cross or Boston College

Also searched as: Walt Gibson; Walter Gibson; Walter L. Gibson; Gibson, Walter.

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Household 3
Neighbours 34
Same surname 24
Classmates 461

In context

This site lists 462 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1926; sorted by surname, Walter comes 161st. In the scan, Walter appears on page 63, in the first third of the run of 462 portraits read for this site (pages 23 to 140). “Holy Cross or Boston College” is Walter's plan after graduation; 197 of 388 classmates with a printed plan (51%) named a college or university. Over 10 classes from 1915 to 1930, Walden Street is the street of 37 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. In the class of 1926, 55% of the plans we could classify (197 of 355) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 54% in 1925 and 54% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Margery Gerould, Sadye Edith Gerstein, Ruth Gibson
Same street	Walden Street: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 197 of 388 classmates with a plan (51%)

At home, 24 Walden Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Gibson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Wm Gibson (wife Margaret), city laborer householderpage
Frederick G Gibson, potter lived herepage
Laurence W Gibson, student lived herepage
Thomas F Gibson, clerk lived herepage
Wm L Gibson, clerk lived herepage

The Gibson household is listed here in 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Walter did at school

Baseball, 1923-24-25-26
Hockey, 1923-24-25-26
Football, 1925-26
Chimes of Normandy
President of Senior Class, 1926
Room Committee, 1925
Senior Drama Cast, 1926

What the yearbook said

A charming voice, a handsome face, In the history of the class he has first place

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1926

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Others named Gibson

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

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 63. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1926unse).

Published 1926, 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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