Brookline High School

Eleanor Anderson “Elbe, Snora”

Eleanor Anderson (“Elbe, Snora”) is one of 232 graduates in the class of 1928 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for Smith; activities listed: Field Hockey and Basketball; lived at 25 Downing Road.

Class of 1928

232 in the class of 1928 · 267 more named Anderson

Full name: Eleanor Anderson
Known as: Elbe, Snora
Lived at: 25 Downing Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College
Headed for: Smith
Ambition: “Too lazy— Find one for me”
Pastime: “Just living”

Also searched as: Ellie Anderson; Nell Anderson; Anderson, Eleanor.

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Clubs & teams 41
Neighbours 3
Same surname 200
Classmates 231
Same schools 10

In context

Eleanor Anderson is number 3 of 232 in the alphabetical list of the Brookline High School class of 1928 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 26, right at the start of the stretch from page 26 to page 87 where this site found the book's portraits. 62 of the 229 classmates who printed a course (27%) took College, as Eleanor did. 20 people named Eleanor turn up in 7 Brookline High School classes on this site, 1923 to 1930; 1930 has the most with 6. A college or university was the plan of 63 of 81 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1928 (78%), compared with 75% in 1927 and 76% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Marjorie Emily Abrams, Marcus Mordicai Alper, Lawrence Andrews
Same club	Basketball: 10 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 63 of 119 classmates with a plan (53%)
Same course	College: 62 of 229 classmates with a course (27%)

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It is hopeful perseverance that wins the goal

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1928, page 26. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1928broo).

Published 1928, 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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