Description |
1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) : photographs |
Series |
Contributions to the study of education ; no. 80 |
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Contributions to the study of education ; no. 80.
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Contents |
The Bright Boys -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 A LOOK BACK -- 2 SUB- FRESHMAN MOVES UP -- 3 STUDENTS AND THEORIES -- 4 CHANGE OF IDENTITY -- 5 HARRIS OBSERVED -- 6 PERPENDICULAR LEARNING -- 7 EDUCATORS' DILEMMA -- 8 FERMENT AND AGITATION -- 9 CLOUDS OVER 23RD AND LEXINGTON -- 10 TROUBLES ABOUND -- 11 SAM'S BOYS -- 12 A STATE OF "CHASIS" -- 13 BEGINNING OF THE END -- 14 TO PLAN OR NOT TO PLAN -- 15 WAITING IT OUT -- 16 FATAL SPRING -- 17 AVE ATQUE VALE -- REFERENCE SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Summary |
Annotation Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan was no ordinary high school. Named for the man who brought free higher education to New York City, students like Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Herman Wouk, Jonas Salk, and three future Nobel Laureates commuted from all five boroughs of the city in order to attend |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Townsend Harris High School (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) -- History
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SUBJECT |
Townsend Harris High School (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) fast |
Subject |
EDUCATION -- Secondary.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0585389918 |
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9780585389912 |
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0313002118 |
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9780313002113 |
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0313314799 |
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9780313314797 |
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