Portrait of Oswald Sharples, Northeastern University, class of 1925 — As printed in the 1925 yearbook

Northeastern University · Northampton, Massachusetts

Oswald Sharples “Dinny”

Northeastern University in Northampton, Massachusetts, listed Oswald Sharples (“Dinny”) among 129 graduates in the class of 1925. The entry gives: Electrical course; born in 1903. Portrait and entry from the Cauldron, page 68.

Class of 1925

129 in the class of 1925 · 3 more named Sharples

Full name: Oswald Sharples
Known as: Dinny
Born: August 2, 1903
School: Northeastern University
Graduated: Class of 1925
Course: Electrical
Came from: Waltham High School, 1921

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Classmates 128

In context

Of the 129 names from the Northeastern University class of 1925 that have pages here, Oswald is 97th in surname order. In the scan, Oswald appears on page 68, in the last third of the run of 129 portraits read for this site (pages 36 to 76). In the Northeastern University class of 1925, 31% of the 52 printed courses are Electrical (16 people), Oswald included. This site lists 129 names for the class of 1925, against 88 for 1923. “Cauldron” is the name this yearbook gives itself.

On the same scan page	Albert Leroy Shea, Norman Alexander Shenk, Chester Davis Shepard
Same course	Electrical: 16 of 52 classmates with a course (31%)
The book's own title	Cauldron

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Northeastern University yearbook, 1925, page 68. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cauldron1925nort).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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