Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . lture, who is universally esteemed and loved. The Flushing High School occupied its original building, corner ofSanford Ave. and Union St., a period of 40 years, from 1875 till 1915. During this period it had grown fromabout five students to more than 800, andhad far outgrown its accommodations inthe old building. In September, 1915, thebeautiful and splendidly equipped build-ing on Broadway and Whitestone so far completed that it coul
Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa . lture, who is universally esteemed and loved. The Flushing High School occupied its original building, corner ofSanford Ave. and Union St., a period of 40 years, from 1875 till 1915. During this period it had grown fromabout five students to more than 800, andhad far outgrown its accommodations inthe old building. In September, 1915, thebeautiful and splendidly equipped build-ing on Broadway and Whitestone so far completed that it could beoccupied and the High School establishedits new quarters there. The building insymmetry, statelinesss and impressive-ness is unsurpassed and is justly the ad-miration and pride of Flushing. Its totalcost, including grounds and equipment, isnot far from $400,000. It was largelyefficient and devotedthrough the faithful,labors of Mr. RupertB. Thomas, Flushingsrepresentative on theBoard of Educationfrom 1907 to 1917, thatthe school was portrait, given tothe school by itsalumni and the citizensof Flushing, hangs inthe beautiful audito-. 21 FLUSHING AND VICINITY rium. A fine organ is soon to be installed. The high school build-ing was designed to accommodate about 1400 students, and is theonly high school building in the city that is not crowded. The largestregister to date has been less than 1100. The faculty numbers overforty. Mr. John Holley Clark, the principal, has completed twenty-cipal of the High School. More than 1,000 students have been graduatedfour years of service in Flushing as Superintendent of Schools and Prin-from the school since 1878, when the first class received their is the residence of people exceptional for intellectual andsocial cultivation, and the students are largely such as would be ex-pected to come from such homes. When the Flushing High School moved from its old building, thiswas devoted exclusively to the uses of P. S
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