Boston Latin School

William Edward Harrison “Bill, Doc, Benjie”

William Edward Harrison (“Bill, Doc, Benjie”) is one of 146 graduates in the class of 1928 at Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Junior Debating Club and Senior Debating Society; a motto.

Class of 1928

146 in the class of 1928 · 42 more named Harrison

Full name: William Edward Harrison
Known as: Bill, Doc, Benjie
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: the Sherwin Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Bill Harrison; William Harrison; William E. Harrison; Billy Harrison.

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Clubs & teams 104
Same surname 24
Classmates 145
Same schools 213

In context

146 people from the Boston Latin School class of 1928 appear on this site, and Harrison puts William 65th among them. In the scan, William appears on page 53, around the middle of the run of 146 portraits read for this site (pages 36 to 75). Across 12 classes of Boston Latin School on this site, from 1919 to 1945, 78 people are named William; the class of 1943 has the most, 16. Among the 119 people in the class who printed a plan, 110 (92%) named a college or university, as William did (“Harvard”). Plans for a college or university made up 98% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1928 (110 of 112), against 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Samuel Katz, Charles Joseph Kelley
Same club	Junior Debating Club: 12 other classmates
Same club	French Club: 23 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 110 of 119 classmates with a plan (92%)

What William did at school

Fidelity Prize. 1925
Class of 1885 Prize, 1925
Lawrence Prize Fssay 1928
Junior Debating Club 39
Senior Debating Society
Recording Secretary, Senior Debating Society, 1927-28
French Club 96
Chess and Checker Club 8
Literary Club, 1927-28! Executive Secretary, Physics Club, 1927-28
Librarian, Glee Club, 1927-28
Lincoln Memorial Essayist, 1928
Associate Editor, Register Staff, 1925-26-27-28 31
Managing Editor, Register Staff, 1927-28 5
Class Day Committee 52

Fellow members from William's own class:

What the yearbook said

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The class of 1928

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Others named Harrison

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

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Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Boston Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 53. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1928bost_4).

Published 1928, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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