Brookline High School
Oscar M. Finger “Oxer”
Oscar M. Finger (“Oxer”), Brookline High School class of 1923 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Yale; activities listed: French Club; lived at 50 Naples Road.
Class of 1923
103 in the class of 1923 · 4 more named Finger
- Full name
- Oscar M. Finger
- Known as
- Oxer
- Lived at
- 50 Naples Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1923
- Headed for
- Yale
- Ambition
- “Business man”
- Pastime
- “Pleasing others”
Also searched as: Oxer Finger; Oscar Finger; Finger, Oscar.
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In context
Of the 103 names from the Brookline High School class of 1923 that have pages here, Oscar is 31st in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, in the first third of the stretch from page 22 to page 51 where this site found the book's portraits. “French Club” appears in 19 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1923, Oscar's among them. Oscar's “Yale” falls in the same group as 26 of the 44 plans printed for the class (59%): a college or university. Count the first names and the class of 1923 gives Dorothy (6) and Mary (6), where the class of 1924 gives Helen (5), James (5) and Mary (5).
| On the same scan page | Bernard S. Fleming, Mary F. Ford, Clyde A. Fore |
|---|---|
| Same club | French Club: 18 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 26 of 44 classmates with a plan (59%) |
| Dedication, as printed | “Arthur W. Roberts IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE” |
At home, 50 Naples Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1928 city directory lists Oscar M. Finger with the occupation “manager” (page).
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Finger at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
The Finger household is listed here in 1928 too.
What Oscar did at school
Fellow members from Oscar's own class:
What the yearbook said
Whence is thy learning f Hath thy toil O’er hooks consumed the midnight oil?
Also grew up on Naples Road
The class of 1923
Eleanor FayerweatherBrookline 1923
Bernard S. FlemingBrookline 1923
Doris FarnhamBrookline 1923
Mary F. FordBrookline 1923
Esther DunlapBrookline 1923
Clyde A. ForeBrookline 1923
Others named Finger
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for Yale
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 30.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1923broo).
Published 1923, 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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