Malden High School

Eleanor Goodhue Pierce “Chippie”

Eleanor Goodhue Pierce (“Chippie”) was one of 135 graduates in the class of 1929-A at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; came from Maplewood School; headed for Burdett. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 66.

Class of 1929-A

135 in the class of 1929 · 102 more named Pierce

Full name: Eleanor Goodhue Pierce
Known as: Chippie
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Commercial
Came from: Maplewood School
Headed for: Burdett

Also searched as: Chippie Pierce; Ellie Pierce; Eleanor Pierce; Eleanor G. Pierce.

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Same surname 82
Classmates 134
Same schools 78

In context

Going through the Malden High School class of 1929-A from A to Z by surname, Eleanor is the 93rd of 135 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 66, near the end of the stretch from page 16 to page 67 where this site found the book's portraits. Eleanor did not arrive alone from Maplewood School: 22 other seniors name it too. Eleanor's plan is printed as “Burdett”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 20 of the 96 classmates who named a plan (21%) named the same kind. In the class of 1929-A, 22 of 135 printed courses (16%) were college or college-preparatory ones, compared with 24% in 1928-B and 29% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Frances Winnifred Rolfe
Same earlier school	Maplewood School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 20 of 96 classmates with a plan (21%)
Same course	Commercial: 35 of 135 classmates with a course (26%)
The book's own title	Maldonian

What the yearbook said

“Chippie” is one of those girls that we'd like to have for a—stenographer. She has always been shy and retiring, but who can tell?

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Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 66. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1929mald).

Published 1929, 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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