Brookline High School

Frances Laura Small “Francie, Frannie, Fran”

Frances Laura Small (“Francie, Frannie, Fran”) appears in the 1924 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 152 Aspinwall Avenue. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1924

118 in the class of 1924 · 50 more named Small

Full name: Frances Laura Small
Known as: Francie, Frannie, Fran
Lived at: 152 Aspinwall Avenue, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1924
Headed for: Radcliffe
Ambition: “To pass them”
Pastime: “Studying for college boards”

Also searched as: Fran Small; Frances Small; Frances L. Small; Frankie Small.

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Group photos 10
Clubs & teams 198
Neighbours 12
Same surname 42
Classmates 117
Same schools 41

In context

Of the 118 names from the Brookline High School class of 1924 that have pages here, Frances is 99th in surname order. Frances's portrait is on scan page 51, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 22 to 58. Frances's “Radcliffe” falls in the same group as 40 of the 72 plans printed for the class (56%): a college or university. 16 people named Frances turn up in 9 Brookline High School classes on this site, 1923 to 1931. The class of 1924 has 118 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 103 for 1923 and 179 for 1925.

On the same scan page	Lawrence Sleeper, Margaret Alice Smith, Dorothy Spurr
Same club	Four Minute Speaker: 18 other classmates
Same club	Dramatics: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 40 of 72 classmates with a plan (56%)
Dedication, as printed	“IN DEEP AFFECTION WE, THE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK”

At home, 152 Aspinwall Avenue

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Small at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Jennie S Small, Mrs householderpage

The Small household is listed here in 1920 and 1928 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Frances's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Frances did at school

Vice-president of Class ’21, ’22, '23, ’24
Marshal ’21, ’22, *24
Four Minute Speaker 153
Dramatics 213
Court of Justice 37
Teacher-Student Council 33
Class Day Marshal ’23 208
Banner Be.irer '22, ’24
Spanish Club 171
Girls’ League Secretary ’22 474
Vice-president ’23
President ’24, Freshman Adviser ’23, ’24
Gym Team 99
Dance Committee 33
Candy Committee 13
Girls’ Debating Club ’21, ’22
Vice-president 23
Class Debating Team 8
French Club 460
Class Day Dance 173
Junior Social Committee 47
Senior Social 24
Prize winning act 23
Soph- Fresh Reception ’22
Alumni Council 18
Alternate prize-speaking ’21
Class Prophetess ’24
Flower Committee

Fellow members from Frances's own class:

What the yearbook said

Dorn for success she seemed

Also grew up on Aspinwall Avenue

The class of 1924

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Others named Small

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

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Also headed for Radcliffe

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1924, page 51. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1924broo).

Published 1924, 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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