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26-595: The principal American organizer and general agent of INC was the shipbroking firm of Peter Wright & Sons, a Philadelphia import-export house. The company had established friendships and business ties with two prominent Belgian shipowners, Jules-Bernard von Der Becke and William Edouard Marsily. During the 1860s, the von Der Becke firm became an important importer of petroleum products from Pennsylvania to Antwerp in American and Belgian ships. Clement Griscom , who rose rapidly from clerk to partner at Peter Wright & Sons,

52-517: A general class year to identify its classes (as in "class of 2021"), uses the class graduating number system (as in "280th graduating class" or "280"). This tradition started shortly after the school's founding when it was common to have two graduating classes per year – one in January and one in June. In June 1965, semiannual graduations were replaced by annual graduations. As of the 2024–2025 school year,

78-592: A well-known local physician, and his mother was Margaret Acton Lloyd, a direct descendant of Thomas Lloyd . He attended local Quaker schools, as well as Central High School . In 1857, aged 16, he went to work as a clerk at Peter Wright and Sons, a Quaker shipping firm in Philadelphia. He became a partner in the business in 1863. In 1872 he became vice-president of the International Navigation Co. , which operated three ships. Eventually

104-476: Is a part of the museum exhibit. Other notable emigrants included the five-year-old Irving Berlin . Red Star Line ships had a black funnel with a white band bearing a five-pointed red star. The house flag was a white burgee with a red star. Most Red Star ships were given names ending in "-land". Notable Red Star ships included: The Red Star Lines appear in the Mario Puzo 's The Godfather Part II when

130-579: Is the only high school in the United States with authority, granted by an 1849 Act of Assembly of the Pennsylvania General Assembly , to confer academic degrees upon its graduates. This authority to grant academic degrees led Central to refer to the principal of the school as the “President” of Central High School. The current and fifteenth president of Central High School is Katharine S. Davis. Central, rather than using

156-835: The Red Star Line was absorbed into the business. In 1888 he was promoted to president of the International Navigation Co. Griscom was "without question, the key figure in American transatlantic shipping" by 1900. By 1901 he was described in the press as a millionaire. In 1902, with financing from J. Pierpont Morgan , the companies were merged into the International Mercantile Marine shipping trust company , which operated 136 vessels over five transatlantic lines. Griscom served as president of IMM from 1902 until 1904, when he retired due to ill health. He remained as chairman, but

182-583: The University of Pennsylvania , was elected the first President of Central High School. President Bache resigned in 1842 to return to his professorship at the University of Pennsylvania, and was succeeded by John Seely Hart , who had been a professor of languages at Princeton University . An Act of Assembly approved on April 9, 1849, provided that: "The Controllers of the Public Schools of

208-647: The First School District of Pennsylvania shall have and possess power to confer academic degrees in the arts upon graduates of the Central High School, in the City of Philadelphia, and the same and like power to confer degrees, honorary and otherwise, which is now possessed by the University of Pennsylvania." In accordance with this Act, the Board of Controllers on September 11, 1849, authorized

234-520: The S.S. St. Louis (1894–95) and the S.S. St. Paul (1894–95). Griscom established and owned a private hunting plantation north of Tallahassee, Florida called Horseshoe Plantation . Griscom died of a stroke at the age of 71. In 1914 his widow erected a fountain in his memory in the Watch Hill section of Westerly, Rhode Island . It featured a bronze statue of the Niantic chief Ninigret by

260-599: The Third Circuit Court's verdict by a 4 to 4 vote with one abstention. That Supreme Court case was called Vorchheimer v. School Dist. of Philadelphia . In August 1983, Judge William M. Marutani of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas , ruled that the single-sex admission policy was unconstitutional. The Board of Education voted not to appeal the legal decision, thereby admitting girls to Central High School. In September 1983,

286-560: The company's profits for the next 30 years. The shipping line's home port was Antwerp and it sailed under the Belgian flag, thereby avoiding the obligation of employing far more expensive American personnel. Clement Griscom led the enterprise from its founding until the International Mercantile Marine Co. took it over in 1902. Red Star Line survived IMM's financial crisis in 1915. In the 1930s Red Star Line

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312-585: The conferring of appropriate degrees upon graduates of Central High. In September 1854, the school transferred to a new building, located at the southeast corner of Broad and Green Streets. In 1858, President Hart resigned and was succeeded by Nicholas Harper Maguire. In October 1891 a Graduate Course in Pedagogy, later called the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy, was added to Central as a teacher training program for men. The School of Pedagogy

338-486: The current senior class is 284. Central High School of Philadelphia was founded in 1836 as "the crowning glory" of Philadelphia's public school system, "the worthy apex to a noble pyramid," and the first "high" school in the state. Because city voters only reluctantly had been convinced of the need for a high school, the curriculum was carefully and publicly geared to the needs of taxpayers. Central's founders made an especially concerted effort to avoid educating students in

364-603: The first six girls, all seniors, were admitted. In October 1987, and again in September 2011, Central High School was officially named a Secondary school of National Excellence by the United States Department of Education and named a Blue Ribbon School. In March 1992, Redbook magazine named Central one of the best schools in Pennsylvania. Central was named "Best Secondary School in Pennsylvania" by

390-424: The magazine each year since they began rating the nation's best schools. Since graduates are usually identified by class number, the year they graduated is not immediately apparent. This section explains the relation between class number and graduation date. The first class graduated in June 1842. Through much of the school's history, there were two graduating classes per year, in January and June. However, there

416-611: The manner of private academies of the day, where classical languages and literature were of paramount importance. The school was chartered by an Act of Assembly and approved on June 13, 1836. A site was purchased on the east side of Juniper Street below Market Street , and the cornerstone was laid on September 19, 1837. The school opened on October 21, 1838, with four professors and sixty-three students. In November 1839, Alexander Dallas Bache , great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin , and Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at

442-402: The pub as Jack and Fabrizio are first introduced. Clement Griscom Clement Acton Griscom (March 15, 1841 – November 10, 1912) was an American shipping magnate and financier. Griscom was "without question, the key figure in American transatlantic shipping" by 1900. Griscom was born in 1841 to a long-established and prominent Philadelphia family. His father was Dr John D Griscom,

468-514: The sculptor Enid Yandell . Griscom married Frances Canby Biddle (1840-1923), from a prominent Philadelphia Quaker family, in 1862, and they had six children: Central High School (Philadelphia) Central High School is a public high school in the Logan section of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. Founded in 1836, it is a four-year university preparatory magnet school . About 2,400 students attend grades 9 through 12. Central High School

494-530: The some two million Red Star Line migrants were Jews, largely from Eastern Europe until the exodus driven by the rise of Nazi Germany. Among them were many famous persons, including regular passenger Albert Einstein . On learning of the Nazi confiscation of his possessions, Einstein chose not to return to Germany; his letter resigning from the Prussian Academy of Sciences , written on the line's stationery,

520-630: The some two million Red Star Line passengers. In the exhibition the visitor follows the travelers' tracks from the travel agency in Warsaw until their arrival in New York. The museum exhibits works of art depicting the Red Star Line emigrants by the Antwerp artist Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930), together with Red Star Line memorabilia from the collection of Robert Vervoort. About a quarter of

546-591: The young Vito Corleone arrives in New-York. His identification badge is from the Red Star Lines company. The Paris football club Red Star FC are named after the Red Star Line, on which the club's founder Jules Rimet 's English housekeeper had travelled. In James Cameron 's Titanic , a warehouse can be seen at the Southampton Docks labelled Red Star Line. It is seen through the window of

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572-504: Was a leader in the firm's shipping affairs and the chief force behind the creation of both INN and the chief negotiator with Belgian's King Leopold, von Der Becke, and Marsily to establish a subsidiary company in Antwerp beginning on September 19, 1872, under the title "Societe Anonyme de Navigation Belge-Americaine" (Red Star Line). The agreement established the Red Star Line as the exclusive carrier of mail service out of Antwerp to Philadelphia and New York. This subsidiary would provide most of

598-512: Was challenged by Susan Vorchheimer, who wished to be admitted to Central. On August 7, 1975, U.S. District Court Judge Clarence C. Newcomer ruled that Central must admit academically qualified girls starting in the fall term of 1975. The decision was appealed, and the Third Circuit Court ruled that Central had the right to retain its present status. The case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court that, on April 19, 1977, upheld

624-462: Was disbanded in 1918 due to numbers of enrollees dwindling as a result of World War I. In September 1900, the school moved to its third location in a newer and larger building located at Broad, Green, Fifteenth, and Brandywine Streets. During the formal dedication on November 22, 1902, Theodore Roosevelt , President of the United States, addressed the students. After 139 years of existence as an all-male public high school, Central's all-male policy

650-619: Was part of Arnold Bernstein Line . The company declared bankruptcy in 1934. It operated until 1935 when it ceased trading. Its assets were eventually sold to the Holland America Line . The former warehouses of the Red Star Line in Antwerp were designated as a landmark and reopened as a museum on 28 September 2013 by the City of Antwerp. The main focus of the museum is the travel stories that could be retrieved through relatives of

676-573: Was succeeded as president by J Bruce Ismay , who immediately removed headquarters to New York and reduced staffing levels. Griscom also served on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad and United States Steel . Dolobran (1881), his country house in Haverford, Pennsylvania , is one of architect Frank Furness 's most significant houses. Furness also designed interiors for two of Griscom's American Line steamships,

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