Brookline High School

Eleanor Goodspeed “Goody, Goofus”

Eleanor Goodspeed (“Goody, Goofus”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Wheaton College; activities listed: Glee Club and Girls' League; lived at 19 Waverly Street. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 52.

Class of 1929

249 in the class of 1929 · 10 more named Goodspeed

Full name: Eleanor Goodspeed
Known as: Goody, Goofus
Lived at: 19 Waverly Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Headed for: Wheaton College
Ambition: “A Caddy Roadster”
Pastime: “Chewing pencils”

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

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Clubs & teams 400
Neighbours 6
Same surname 8
Classmates 248
Same schools 8

In context

Of the 249 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1929 read for this site, Eleanor's is 81st alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 52, in the first third of the stretch from page 31 to page 96 where this site found the book's portraits. Counting Eleanor, “Glee Club” is named by 70 people in the Brookline High School class of 1929. In the 7 classes of Brookline High School between 1923 and 1930 that this site covers, 20 people have the first name Eleanor, with the largest group (6) in 1930. 36% of those in the class of 1929 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 45% in 1928 and 39% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Morton Goldstein, Walton Goodwin, Eugenie Louise Goullaud
Same club	Glee Club: 69 other classmates
Same club	Girls' League: 120 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 84 of 127 classmates with a plan (66%)

At home, 19 Waverly Street

The 1931 city directory lists Eleanor Goodspeed with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Goodspeed at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Carl M Goodspeed (wife Marguerite A) householderpage

The Goodspeed household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1931 too.

What Eleanor did at school

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What the yearbook said

There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple

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The class of 1929

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Also headed for Wheaton College

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 52. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).

Published 1929, 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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