Talk:Central High School (Philadelphia)

message: ignore comment about infobox ... you have one Victuallers 13:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Thanks to whoever added that huge history section.
--Eitan1989 02:47, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Thanks

message: What's with the "In 1989, the ubiquitous Mitch won the coveted school spirit award"?
Eitan1989 02:31, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Mitch

message: Category: The Best School in the World.  Heh. --Eitan1989 01:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Category

message: How is this known? Is the SAT a graduation requirement?
As an aside, the reported combined average score is 1096- (63%)-seems low for an "elite" school? Masterman High reports a 1298 for 2005. Granted, Masterman is much smaller per grade level. Hillsboro 18:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, Masterman has comparatively 1/10th the class size. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.242.114.77 (talk) 18:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I believe that the SAT has had different scoring systems over its history, so a "combined average score" may not be meaningful. We need a citation. David Spector 22:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "All Central students take the SAT" 

message: I just added a sentence about the cyclotron, which was up and running during my time at the school (1962-66). At the 25th Reunion of the 225th Class, they announced that the school had been given an electron microscope. Is that still in use?
--Stolen Dormouse 17:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Central's Student-Built Cyclotron 

message: Doesn't alumni generally mean one who has graduated from? Although Bill Cosby was rewarded with an honorary degree, he was, in all terms, kicked out of Central. As was Will Smith and Cassidy. Why are these individuals considered alumni?
:Perhaps, like at my college, we should list them as "ex-204" or some such, to show the distinction.Stolen Dormouse (talk) 16:56, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alumni 

message: Perhaps we should let others know that the 'diversity' at CHS is artificial, as in grades are not all that is required to attend. It helps if you are a minority... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.158.51.120 (talk) 03:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diversity 

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message: What about the School of Pedagogy? --evrik (talk) 16:04, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: School of Pedagogy 

message: When I was in the 221st class, 1960-1963, Central owned an expensive LGP-30 computer, made by Librascope. This was a small unit, about the size of a filing cabinet, located in the Math activity room (or was it a room for the Mu Alpha Theta honor society?).
This computer used a CRT storage device similar to a Williams tube and paper tape for input. There was a math library stored on pieces of paper tape. David Spector 00:51, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early computer (LGP-30) 

message: this diff gives the principals age as 162 which seems likely to be wrong.
It also makes some other changeswhich should probably be checked. filceolaire (talk) 10:34, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is the principal really 162 years old ? 

message: I am extremely bad with computers but I think it's only fair that the following person should be added to the alumni section:
Walter Cherepinsky (class 259), Creator and owner of the football website, www.walterfootball.com  (one of the top independent football sites). His site has been mentioned on the Philadelphia Eagles website as well as on ESPN radio.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JChePsu (talk • contribs) 16:20, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone edit the Alumni section? 

message: is there a way that we can find out where most central alumni end up? where they relocate to or if the stay in the city for the most part? Killemall22 (talk) 20:08, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  central alumni 

message: Larry Fine lived in downtown Philly and is likely that he attended Central High School for Boys, Juniper Street at Center Square, that's a different central high. When Larry was a teen, the area where this central high is located was not yet developed. Let's remove his name from the list because it's misleading.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.177.8.98 (talk) 13:06, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The posting by 182.177.8.98 contains a dead link. As a member of the 221st Class, I am well aware that Central High has occupied several buildings in its long existence. Also, for those like me who didn't know who he is, Larry Fine is one of The Three Stooges with his own article on WP. David Spector (talk) 23:08, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larry Fine did not attend this school 

message: In the edit I made today, I deleted a reference to "Glen Schwartz, Television Weather Broadcaster, 227th class", because this text was enclosed in a "ref"-"/ref" pair, causing it to appear as a reference, which it is not.  Since I am not familiar with this person, I was reluctant to put it back into the list of alumni.  Perhaps someone familiar with him can do so.Tomtab (talk) 06:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted an apparent alumnus 

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message: What is the process for submitting notable alumni information? SF78 (talk) 20:02, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to add alumni info 

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