Brookline High School

Elizabeth Crosby Haven “Lib, Libby”

Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts, listed Elizabeth Crosby Haven (“Lib, Libby”) among 179 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: headed for University of Pennsylvania; activities listed: Debating Club and Interscholastic Debating Team; lived at 704 Webster Street, Needham. Portrait and entry from the 1925 yearbook, page 49.

Class of 1925

179 in the class of 1925 · 3 more named Haven

Full name: Elizabeth Crosby Haven
Known as: Lib, Libby
Lived at: 704 Webster Street, Needham, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Headed for: University of Pennsylvania
Ambition: “To find the value of the square root of -1”
Pastime: “Studying seems to be”

Also searched as: Betty Haven; Elizabeth Haven; Elizabeth C. Haven; Beth Haven.

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Clubs & teams 41
Neighbours 1
Same surname 2
Classmates 178
Same schools 8

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 179 names from the Brookline High School class of 1925, Elizabeth stands 71st. The entry is on page 49 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 26 to page 84. “University of Pennsylvania” is Elizabeth's plan after graduation; 37 of 73 classmates with a printed plan (51%) named a college or university. Elizabeth is listed under “Interscholastic Debating Team”, along with 4 other classmates. Of the 52 plans printed for the class of 1925 that name a kind of next step, 37 (71%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 73% in 1924 and 68% in 1926.

On the same scan page	Helen Frances Hamilton, Ruth Marie Harrington, Marguerite Marie Hayes
Same club	Debating Club: 7 other classmates
Same club	Interscholastic Debating Team: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 37 of 73 classmates with a plan (51%)

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Also grew up on Webster Street, Needham

Edwin Charles BeckBrookline 1928

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Also headed for University of Pennsylvania

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1925, page 49. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1925broo).

Published 1925, 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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