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

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Photo-LaVerne AI d . . . HIGH SCHOOL humanitarian. l-le said that DeVilbiss's name should be an inspiration to the high ideals of the school. l-larriet Keeling, pupil in McKinley lunior l-ligh School, was chairman at the ground- breaking ceremony. Lee Miller, president of the junior high school student council, spoke of the joy of young people of the district who would be students in the new school. DeVilbiss was opened in the fall of l93l and cost about S5l,358,647 including plumb- ing, heat and temperature, and electricity. This school, with its beautiful Norwegian rnaples, covers a total area of l,O98,442 square feet. The concrete walls are reinforced with steel frames weighing over l,2UU ton. The building, including courts, is faced on the exterior with brick and the slate roof is completely fireproof. The finished floors of the corridors, entrance lobbies, and entrance landings are of wire cut red tile. All finished stair work is of cast or wrought iron. The fire alarm system, public telephones and inter- phones, and the clock and program bell system were included at the time of the con- struction. DeVilbiss was also the second school in Toledo to have two gymnasiums. l-low fortunate the Board of Education was to secure the land upon which the wonder- fully constructed DeVilbiss l-ligh School now stands! I7

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THGMAS A. DEVILBISS . . . The beautiful building above shows no signs that a pest house once stood on the same grounds DeVilbiss now stands. The exchange of the seventeen acre site of the Isolation Hospital on Upton Avenue for twenty-seven acres of land along the Terminal Railroad between Central and Monroe, then owned by the Board of Education, was recommended by the Director of Public Service and the Director of Public Welfare. The hospital site was purchased from the city for 390,000 The adjoining ten acres to the hos- pital had already been purchased by the school board. The city reserved one corner of the lot for a new West End fire station. Under the terms of the sale, the city was to continue the operation of the hospital on the property until l93l. lt was anticipated that the city would use the money received for the property to build a new contagious di- sease hospital, adjacent to the new county hospital on Detroit Avenue. As the four hundred and fifty pupils of Mcliinley lunior l-ligh School, future DeVilbiss students, gathered for the ground-breaking ceremony, Mrs. Thomas DeVilbiss, widow of the Toledoan for whom the new school was named, lifted the first shovelful of earth. A few minutes later the heavy steam shovel had moved into place and work on the finest of Toledo's high schools had begun. Charles Meek, superintendent of Toledo schools, paid high tribute to the memory of Thomas DeVilbiss, Toledo business man and I6

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ASSISTANT . . . In the hearts of many DeVilbiss boys, a touch of deep admiration lingers for one man, their friend and counselor-Mr. Rus- sell Brown. He is someone to whom they can take their problems and receive some kindly advice. As Counselor of Boys, he continues to give the same sound advice he had handed out as a Spanish teacher in DeVilbiss for thirteen years. Mr. Brown has always proved to be un buen amigo. The boys of DeVilbiss will ever remember Mr. Brown's warm friendship, his personal interest in everything done for our school, and his belief in the good- ness ot youth. His firm but warm and friendly manner commands the admira- tion of every boy. Irvin C. Conrad Russell G. C. Brown Whenever we have any problems that fall under the class of instruction and curriculum, we immediately consult Mr. Conrad, who supervises this part of the program at DeVilbiss. Some of his duties include arranging classes, adjusting schedules, and giving advice in essay contests and college scholarship tests. Mr. Conrad, former freshman coach and so- cial studies teacher, has held this new position for only two years: however, in this short period of time, the students have received great benefits from his guidance in this particular field.