New Bedford High School

Eleanor Mendell

Eleanor Mendell is one of 150 graduates in the class of 1936 at New Bedford High School, New Bedford, Massachusetts. The 1936 yearbook entry gives: came from Thomas R. Rodman School; headed for Wellesley College; born in 1918.

Class of 1936

150 in the class of 1936 · 5 more named Mendell

Full name: Eleanor Mendell
Born: November 8, 1918
School: New Bedford High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Course: College Scientific
Came from: Thomas R. Rodman School
Headed for: Wellesley College

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Same surname 4
Classmates 149
Same schools 14

In context

Eleanor Mendell is number 96 of 150 in the alphabetical list of the New Bedford High School class of 1936 on this site. Eleanor is printed on page 55 of the scan, in the last third of the 19-to-72 run of portrait pages. 39 people named Eleanor turn up in 18 New Bedford High School classes on this site, 1926 to 1945; 1941 has the most with 5. “Wellesley College” is Eleanor's plan after graduation; 9 of 37 classmates with a printed plan (24%) named a college or university. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 39% of those who printed a course in the class of 1936; the neighbouring class shows 46% in 1935.

On the same scan page	Frances Moore, Ralph Vincent Moore
Same kind of plan	college or university: 9 of 37 classmates with a plan (24%)
Same course	College Scientific: 13 of 90 classmates with a course (14%)
The book's own title	Memoirs Under the Red and White

What Eleanor did at school

Drawing 732, 33
Glee Club ’33
Dramatic Club 733, 734
Honor Society 734, 35, ’36
La Bonne Compagnie 35
May Junior Prom Committee 735

What the yearbook said

“Behold her, single in the field.”

The class of 1936

All 150 in this class →

Others named Mendell

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

Also came from Thomas R. Rodman School

Also headed for Wellesley College

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Source

New Bedford High School yearbook, 1936, page 55. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memoirsunderredw1936newb).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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