DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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The Fair was opened April 22, 1964, and was scheduled to close in October, 1965, after being visit- ed by approximately sixty million people. Some of these people were DeVilbiss students and their families, who visited during vacations, or students who came on school-sponsored trips to New York, which were also attracted to the Fair. In October, 1964, when the Pot O’ Gold staff was in New York for a journalism conference, its delegates joined the crowds. 229 seniors, on the senior trip in April, 1965, spent two days roaming through the exhibits. Other events—Olympic trials, concerts at the new Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and special art exhibits—were planned in conjunction with the Fair. Those who visited it, and even some who knew it only second-hand, gained new knowledge and understanding from both the Fair and these allied activities. We learn at DeVilbiss in many ways, too, through different kinds of lessons. The World’s Fair was good evidence of the importance of our learn- ing. It also showed how we can use the understand- ing we have developed at DeVilbiss to construct greater understanding from those less formal schools —like the Fair—we will attend the rest of our lives. A C A D 3 Wl I 2 . 1964-1965

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1964-65 were the years of the New York World’s Fair, held in Flushing Meadow, New York. Divided into five areas—Industrial, International, Federal and State, Transportation, and Amusement—the vast Fair in- cluded 150 different pavilions to entertain and edu- cate its visitors. The theme of the Fair was “Peace Through Un- derstanding.” Main displays of the theme were at The Vatican Pavilion, with Michaelangelo’s “Pieta”; and the Unisphere, denoting the oneness of our world. The latter exhibit, the largest stainless-steel structure ever built, was located near the center of the Fair and served as its symbol. Also, the Pepsi- Cola—UNICEF Small World exhibit provided a boat ride past Walt Disney-animated dolls, dressed in native costumes, who sang, danced, and played mu- sical instruments. An outstanding representative of the other exhibits which accented the theme was the Johnson’s Wax movie “To Be Alive,” which pictured the common humanity of peoples around the world. Industries and countries alike advertised their goods, and brought about a better understanding of their products and their people. Major industrial ex- hibits included Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Gen- eral Electric, DuPont, International Business Ma- chines, and the Bell System. Many of these gave their visitors a preview of life in the future. The largest of the international pavilions was that of Belgium, which contained a copy of an 1800’s Flemish village. The Swiss advertised their Alps and provided diversion with their Sky Ride, which gave one of the best views of the Fair. The African Pavilion, representing twenty-four countries, and those of Austria, Lebanon, and Spain were also among the most distinctive. Most countries attempted to aid understanding of their lands by using architec- ture that would be representative of native buildings and by serving the national cuisine at their restau- rants.

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SO SE ENS SS Mr. Philo C. Dunsmore Superintendent—Toledo Public Schools TAS KAGAWA Toledo Board of Education (L. to R.): Mr. J. Arch Anderson, President; Mr. William N. Thomas, Mr. David R. Rittenhouse, Dr. Morton Goldberg, Mrs. Carol A. Pietrykowski. 18