Cambridge High and Latin School

Eleanor Louise Shaffer “Elly”

Eleanor Louise Shaffer (“Elly”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for College; activities listed: Review; lived at 1 Parker Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 12 more named Shaffer

Full name: Eleanor Louise Shaffer
Known as: Elly
Lived at: 1 Parker Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: College
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: College

Also searched as: Elly Shaffer; Ellie Shaffer; Eleanor Shaffer; Eleanor L. Shaffer.

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Group photos 20
Clubs & teams 9
Neighbours 8
Same surname 4
Classmates 415
Same schools 80

In context

Going through the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 from A to Z by surname, Eleanor is the 346th of 416 names on this site. Find Eleanor on page 116 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 are spread over pages 27 to 134. Eleanor's course, College, is also the course of 7 others in the 11 entries that print one (73% in all). Counting Eleanor, 21 people in the class are listed as coming from Peabody Grammar School. In the class of 1928 the first names most often shared were Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Rozella Senders, Edward Albert Shea, Helen Louise Shea
Same club	Review: 4 other classmates
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)
Same course	College: 8 of 11 classmates with a course (73%)
Same first name	Eleanor: 7 other people in the class

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What Eleanor did at school

G. A. A. Executive, 1925–26, President, 1928
Room Committee, 1925
Review 13
Class Basketball, 1924–28
Varsity Basketball, 1928

Fellow members from Eleanor's own class:

What the yearbook said

Throughout the year, every day, She helps along the G. A. A.

Also grew up on Parker Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Shaffer

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 116. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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