Atlantic City High School (ACHS) is a comprehensive

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Atlantic City Atlantic City, sometimes referred to by its initials A.C., is a Jersey Shore seaside resort city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Atlantic City comprises the second half of the Atlantic City- Hammonton metropolitan sta ...

, in

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. It is the lone secondary school of the

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. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. The school serves students from Atlantic City, along with those from

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, Longport, Margate City and Ventnor City, who attend the school as part of

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s with their respective school districts. As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,699 students and 144.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.7:1. There were 1,283 students (75.5% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 112 (6.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Atlantic City High School

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. Accessed December 15, 2024.

History

Atlantic City's first high school building was constructed in 1895 at Illinois and Arctic Avenues, on a small site that limited room for growth. In 1901, the high school relocated to a building at Ohio and Pacific Avenues. After the high school relocated a third time, the former building was reused as Central Junior High School for many years. The third building, located at Albany and Atlantic Avenues, opened on September 17, 1923. Constructed at a cost of over $1.75 million (equivalent to $ million in ), it included a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 6,000-pipe organ.

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, the second

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to be established in New Jersey, opened in 1966 in space leased from the high school and moved to its campus in Mays Landing in February 1968. The fourth, and current Atlantic City High School was constructed on "Great Island," opening to students in November 1994, at a cost of $83 million and had its formal dedication ceremony later that month before a gathered crowd of 4,000. The building was designed by Blumberg Associates Architecture.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 262nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 214th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 247th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 255th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 270 in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 334th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the

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(HSPA).

Athletics

The Atlantic City High School VikingsAtlantic City High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Atlantic Division of the

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, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic,

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and

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counties, operating under the aegis of the

. With 1,398 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group IV South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the United Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 1,333 to 2,324 students. The boys swimming team won the state non-public championship from 1921 to 1929. In 1924, the team won the state swimming championship for a fourth time, setting three meet records in the process, with the

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coming in second and

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in third. The next year, at a meet held in

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, the swim team won the national interscholastic championship, breaking the streak of four championships won by

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. In March 1925, the Atlantic City swim team were the guests of President

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at the White House, in recognition of their championship. The girls' basketball team won the Group IV state championships in 1981 vs. Eastside Paterson and repeated in 1982 vs. Plainfield High School.Girls Basketball Championship History: 1919–2024

, updated March 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. The 1981 team finished the season with a record of 29–1 after winning the Group IV state title with a 45–43 victory in the finals against an Eastside team that came into the game undefeated. The 1994 Boys Varsity 8 Crew had an undefeated season and took the Triple Crown, winning the Philadelphia City Championships, Stotesbury Cup Regatta and National Rowing Championships. The V8 went on to place second in the Princess Elizabeth Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in England. The 1999 football team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship at

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with a 31–29 win over Eastern High School of Voorhees, a victory that marked the program's first sectional title. The boys' basketball team won the NJSIAA Group IV state championship in 2012 (defeating Ridgewood High School in the tournament final), 2012 (vs. Elizabeth High School) and 2013 (vs. Linden High School). The team won the Group IV tournament in 2005, defeating

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71–70 in the semifinals, and Ridgewood High School by a score of 56–42 in the championship game at Rutgers University. In 2012, the Viking's boys' basketball team won the South Jersey Group IV title and the Group IV state championship with a 53–47 win against Elizabeth High School, marking the team's second state title. The Vikings repeated as Group IV state champions in basketball in 2013, defeating Linden High School in overtime by a score of 60–54 to become back-to-back champions. In 2007, Todd Busler was one of 50 recipients of the

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's Tri-State High School Award given to players from schools located in South Jersey, the five-county Philadelphia area and the

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of Pennsylvania. The boys' soccer team was 2008 inaugural Brigantine Cup champions. In 2009, the girls' tennis team won the South Jersey Group IV title beating Millville High School 3–2, the program's first group title. In 2010, the girls' swim team won the CAL American Conference title and defeated

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to win the South Jersey Public A championship for the first time in the program's history, going 14–0 before falling to

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in the state semifinals. The school's gymnasium was home to the

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(USBL) Atlantic City Seagulls from 1996 to 2001. The Seagulls won the USBL Championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Administration

The principal of Atlantic City High School is Donald Harris. His administration consists of four vice principals.

Rules

Dress code

Beginning in 2007, in the hopes of preventing gang identification, Atlantic City High School required students wear a

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, putting it in a minority of

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to do so in the United States. Other high schools in South Jersey, such as

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, and

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, followed suit. The change was immediately controversial, with some parents saying that it became a "distraction from education" when the school suspended 150 students in one day for violating the uniform rules. For example, in the 2013–2014 school year, it was required that students wear collared shirts in only the two school colors plus black, with no logos except ACHS's own logo (or that of one of its sports teams). In August 2019, the Board of Education dropped its uniform policy for the 2019–2020 school year, opting instead for a dress code. ACHS students are still restricted from a few garment types, such as bare midriffs, ripped jeans, leggings, and " do rags", or garments the school deems to have "obscene" words or images on them.

Truancy

Chronic absenteeism, or

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, is a problem for ACHS; in 2015, 21% of its students were deemed chronically absent. The school has established a Truancy Task Force to enforce state laws requiring school attendance.

Academics

Atlantic City High School offers many

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(AP) courses, in addition to the standard college-prep and Honors classes. ACHS offers 20 AP courses:

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;

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;

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;

AP Chemistry Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry (also known as AP Chem) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate thei ...

;

AP Studio Art Advanced Placement (AP) Art and Design, formerly known as AP Studio Art, is a series of courses offered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program. AP Art and Design is divided into three categories: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D ...

;

AP Microeconomics Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics (also known as AP Micro and AP Microecon) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program for high school students interested in college-level coursework in microeconomics ...

;

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;

AP English Language and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition, (also known as AP English Language, APENG, AP Lang, ELAP, AP English III, or APEL) colloquially known as Lang, is an American course and examination offered by the College Board as part ...

;

AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United State ...

;

AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science (also known as APES, AP Enviro, AP Environmental, AP Environment, or AP EnviroSci) is a course and exam offered by the American College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school ...

;

AP French Language and Culture Advanced Placement (AP) French Language and Culture (also known as AP French Lang, AP French Language, FLAP, or AP French) is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement ...

;

AP United States Government and Politics Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov or AP GoPo and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school stu ...

;

AP Latin Advanced Placement (AP) Latin, formerly Advanced Placement (AP) Latin: Vergil, is an examination in Latin literature offered to American high school students by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. Prior to the 2012–2013 academic ye ...

;

AP Music Theory Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory (also known as AP Music or AP Theory) is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students who wish to earn credit for ...

;

AP Physics 1 Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1: Algebra Based (also known as AP Physics 1) is a year-long introductory physics course administered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program. It is intended to proxy a one-semester algebra-b ...

;

AP Physics C Advanced Placement (AP) Physics is a set of four courses offered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program: * AP Physics C: Mechanics, an introductory college-level course in mechanics; * AP Physics 1, an alternative to AP ...

;

AP Psychology Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology (also known as AP Psych) and its corresponding exam are part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course is tailored for students interested in the field of psychology and as an opportunity t ...

;

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;

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; and,

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'', June 26, 1977. Accessed June 5, 2023. "Although he travels a great deal, Mr. Josephson lives quietly in New York with his second wife Tina and an infant daughter, Yi-Ling. Coincidentally, both he and Mr. Schlosser of NBC are graduates of Atlantic City High School." *

Brett Kennedy Brett Kennedy (born August 4, 1994) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds. Early life and college Kennedy grew up in Brigantine, New Jersey and ...

(born 1994, class of 2012), pitcher for the

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Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

Pinky Kravitz Seymour "Pinky" Kravitz (July 11, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was an Atlantic City, New Jersey based American radio broadcaster and print journalist. He was known simply as "Pinky," and he reportedly refused to answer to his given name. Kravitz was ...

(1927–2015), radio broadcaster and print journalist * Lorenzo Langford (born 1955),

Mayor of Atlantic City Atlantic City, New Jersey, was incorporated on May 1, 1854. It is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the mayor–council system of municipal government (Plan D), implemented by direct pe ...

2008–2014 * JoAnna LaSane (1935–2019, class of 1953), model, dancer and arts administrator *

Joseph Lazarow Joseph Aaron Lazarow (December 17, 1923 – January 3, 2008) was an American politician from New Jersey, who served as the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1976 to 1982, during the period when casino gambling was introduced to the struggli ...

(1923–2008),

from 1976 to 1982 * Bob Levy (born 1947),

2006–2007 *

Barry Lubin Barry Lubin (born July 3, 1952) is an American circus performer best known for his Grandma character. His Grandma character was a headline act at the Big Apple Circus in New York City for 25 seasons from 1982 until his 2012 retirement and reloca ...

(born 1952), creator of the clown character "Grandma" of the

Big Apple Circus The Big Apple Circus is a circus based in New York City. Opened in 1977, later becoming a nonprofit organization, it became a tourist attraction. The circus has been known for its community outreach programs, including Clown Care, as well as i ...

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He was the original drummer for Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters. Life and career Mason was born and grew ...

(born 1947), musician-drummer * Michael J. Matthews (1934–2014), politician who represented the 2nd Legislative District in the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...

from 1978 to 1984 and was Mayor of Atlantic City from 1982 to 1984 * James J. McCullough (born 1942, class of 1960), politician who served in the

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from 2007 to 2008, where he represented the 2nd Legislative District *

Scott Neustadter Scott Eric Neustadter (; born 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers are best known for writing the screenplay for the romantic comedy film '' 500 Days of Summer ...

(born 1977), screenwriter *

Arnold Newman Arnold Abner Newman (March 3, 1918 – June 6, 2006) was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. In 2006, he was induc ...

(1918–2006),

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians *

Joshua Ozersky Joshua Ozersky (August 22, 1967 – May 4, 2015) was an American food writer and historian. He first came to prominence as a founding editor of ''New York'' magazine's food blog, ''Grub Street'', for which he received a James Beard Foundation Awa ...

(1967–2015), food writer and historian *

Joseph B. Perskie Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

(1885–1957; class of 1904), Associate Justice of the

New Jersey Supreme Court The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases cha ...

from 1933 to 1947 * Steven P. Perskie (born 1945), judge and politician *

George Lincoln Rockwell George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 – August 25, 1967) was an American neo-Nazi activist who founded the American Nazi Party (ANP) and became one of the most notorious white supremacists in the United States until his murder in 1967. His b ...

(1918–1967), founder of the

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Lou Roe Louis Marquel Roe (born July 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Spanish Liga ACB, among other leagues. He was an All-American college player at the Unive ...

(born 1972),

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for the NCAA's University of Massachusetts Minutemen and the

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Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), East ...

and

Golden State Warriors The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Founded in 1946 i ...

. A second-round pick in 1995 *

Jessica Savitch Jessica Beth Savitch (February 1, 1947 – October 23, 1983) was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of ''NBC Nightly News'' and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of ...

(1947–1983), television journalist, who was killed in a car accident *

Herbert Schlosser Herbert Samuel Schlosser (April 21, 1926August 6, 2021) was an American television executive. He was president of NBC from 1974 until 1978. He also briefly served as its CEO from 1977 to 1978. Early life Schlosser was born in Atlantic City, N ...

(1926–2021), television executive who was

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

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from 1974 until 1978 *

Steve Smoger Steve Smoger (August 15, 1943 – December 19, 2022) was an American boxing referee from Atlantic City, New Jersey. He refereed more than 200 title bouts, and was one of the more well-traveled of his profession, holding the distinction of offic ...

(1950–2022),

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who oversaw more than 200 title bouts *

Paul Steelman Paul Curtis Steelman (born September 23, 1955), a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is an American architect who is recognized as a designer of global entertainment, hospitality, and gaming architecture based in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nev ...

(born 1955), architect *

Claire Swift Claire Swift (born June 29, 1974) is an American Republican Party politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 11, 2022. Early life and education A 1992 graduate of ...

(born 1974, class of 1992), politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the

since taking office in 2022 *

Tank Toland John Joseph Toland (born August 31, 1980) is an American former professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tank Toland. Toland is best known for his appearances on the independent circuit with promotions such as Ring of Honor, Ohio Va ...

, (born 1980), professional wrestler, three time OVW Tag Team Champion, wrestler for

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. *

Frank Turner Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981) is an English Punk rock, punk and Folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primaril ...

(born 1988, class of 2006), professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player for

Crailsheim Merlins Crailsheim Merlins, currently referred to as Hakro Merlins Crailsheim for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Crailsheim, Germany. Established in 1986, the club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest pro ...

of the

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James L. Usry James Leroy Usry (February 2, 1922 – January 25, 2002) was the first African-American Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He was also a professional basketball player. Biography He was born on February 2, 1922, in Athens, Georgia. Usry graduate ...

(1922–2002), first African-American mayor of Atlantic City * Earl Wilson (born 1958), defensive end who played in the NFL and CFL *

Norman Joseph Woodland Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. Later, employed by IBM, he developed the fo ...

(born 1921, class of 1943), inventor of the

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Howard Emery Wright Howard Emery Wright (1908–1988) was an African-American social psychologist and educator. He served as President of Allen University, in the U.S. Office of Education, and as Director of the Division of Social Sciences at The Hampton Institute. He ...

(1908–1988), African-American social psychologist and educator who served as president of

Allen University Allen University is a private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It has more than 600 students and still serves a predominantly Black constituency. The campus ...

Wu Chaoshu Wu Chaoshu ( zh, t=伍朝樞, s=伍朝枢, w=Wu Ch'ao-shu; 23 May 1887 – 3 January 1934), also known as C.C. Wu, was a Chinese diplomat and politician. He was Foreign Minister of the Republic of China in 1927–28, and was Minister to the Unit ...

(1887–1934), Foreign Minister of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

in 1927–1928 and Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931Staff
"Dr. C. C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomat; Son of Famous Wu Ting-fang Was Former Minister Here - Versailles Delegate. Once Chiang Kai-Shek Aide Broke With Chief in Nanking-Canton Dispute Studied in This Country and England."
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'', January 3, 1934. Accessed August 8, 2018. "Dr. Wu was born in Tientsin on June 16, 1887. He went with his father to this country long before the Boxer War, and he was graduated from the Atlantic City High School in 1904, where he was the valedictorian of his class."

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