Northeastern University · Boston, Massachusetts

Herman Leroy Bancroft

Class of 1929, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts: Herman Leroy Bancroft. The yearbook entry prints: came from Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Connecticut; activities listed: Interfraternity Council; lived at 78 Edwards Street, New Haven, Connecticut. Portrait and entry from the Cauldron, page 33.

Class of 1929

91 in the class of 1929 · 11 more named Bancroft

Full name: Herman Leroy Bancroft
Born: February 5, 1908
Lived at: 78 Edwards Street, New Haven, Connecticut
School: Northeastern University
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Electrical Engineering
Came from: Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Connecticut

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Of the 91 names from the Northeastern University class of 1929 that have pages here, Herman is 5th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 33 shows Herman; the portraits we read from this book run from page 32 to page 70. Herman's course, Electrical Engineering, is also the course of 29 others in the 79 entries that print one (38% in all). “Cauldron” is the name this yearbook gives itself (edited by James J. Houlahan).

On the same scan page	Wesley Moses Bacheller, Philip F. Baggish, Henry Loren Barstow, George Worthen Bartlett and 3 more
Same course	Electrical Engineering: 30 of 79 classmates with a course (38%)
The book's own title	Cauldron (editor: James J. Houlahan)

What Herman did at school

Varsity Soccer (1, 2, 3, 4)
Junior Prom Committee (3)
Social Committee (1, 2, 3, 4)
Nominating Committee (1, 2, 3)
Field Day Committee (3)
Sagitta Society (2)
Interfraternity Council
Dramatic Club (1, 2)
Musical Comedy "Rajah of Kashmir"

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Northeastern University yearbook, 1929, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cauldron1929nort).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Northeastern University, Snell Library via the Internet Archive.

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