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The Classic is the student-run high school newspaper of Townsend Harris High School in Queens, New York.Frequently named [1] the best high school newspaper [2] in New York City [3] by Baruch College's NYC public school journalism awards, [4] the paper has run free of censorship and administrative review since its founding in the fall of 1984.
Townsend Harris (October 4, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period .
A short video and a humanities/science essay are also required as part of the application process. [16] Some seats are available for 9th graders wishing to start Townsend as sophomores, though as the number depends on the number of students who decide to leave the school during freshman year, the number varies significantly from year to year.
The original, James Renwick Jr.-designed Free Academy building on 23rd Street housed the Sub-Freshman school. The school was named for Townsend Harris who, besides his many diplomatic accomplishments, had helped found the Free Academy of the City of New York, [2] later to become the City College of New York, and who was a strong proponent of free education.
The first US Consul at Shimoda was Townsend Harris, who arrived in Shimoda on 21 August 1856. [1] [2] Great Britain succeeded in concluding a similar convention with the Shogunate on 14 October 1854. Russia concluded a treaty with Japan on 7 February 1855. The Russian Treaty bore basic elements of extraterritoriality for both Russian nationals ...
He attended Townsend Harris High School and then the City College of New York, planning to become a criminal attorney. [13] An interest in acting and performing in front of people led to him winning an American Academy of Dramatic Arts scholarship, [13] after which he changed his name to Edward G. Robinson (the G. standing for his original ...
The Harris-Walz campaign has received the first-ever presidential endorsement from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the oldest and largest Latino civil rights group in the ...
Here he joined Townsend Harris, returning to Japan on the USS Mississippi. In Shanghai, Heco also met E.M. Door, scheduled to be the American Consul at Kanagawa. Heco accepted Door's offer of a job as his interpreter. Heco left Shanghai on June 15, 1859, and arrived at Nagasaki. Heco had been asked to stay in the background, but following an ...