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Page 4 PORTHOLE 18 MAY 1964 18 MAY 1964 po r t h o l e Page 5 Dear President Moore: This is to congratulate you for the excellent impression created by your students and especially your band at the dedication of the New York State building at the World's Fair on April 23. The director of your band deserves special recognition for the superb job he did of ac companying Miss Farrell. A military band is not a natural accompaniment for an opera soloist but your band did an excellent job. I thought Miss Farrell also was pleased. After the ceremony was over, I spent con siderably time in and around the building and was impressed with the courteous and considerate way in which your students conducted themselves. All of us are proud of the C o llie, its students and the leadership that you are providii^. Yours sincerely. Maritime At The Worlds Fair '*] have seen the future\ proclaims one and all as they leave the General Motors exhibit at the 1964-65 version of the New York World’s Fair. The men In blue from Maritime were certainly no excqjdon to this rule as they monqwlized on an opportunity to visit die wonders of the Fair cm the day after its official opening. For many it proved a day of visiting with the future, to others it was a day of enjoying the present, and for all it was a day of liberty, whlci Went a Icmg way toward minimizing the rigors of the week. The band performed, die Pershing Rifles donned dress whites for a trick cfrill exhibition and some numbers even found time to form a sizeable delegation and watch the Mets lose at Shea Stadium. By the end of the day, it could be^afely said that the-f*Mighty jneE of Maritime\ had gottoi about as much as any group of 500 plus p er sons cmuld get out of the Fair in any one day. From Bell Telephone and Brass Rail all the way through Ford and S chafer to Unisphere and the U,S. Building there was very little diat was missed by the cmdets. For those few who may be interested, Lowenbrau is now open if ycxi missed it the first time around. In a serious vein f«r a moment-the World’s Fair had some attractioD for everycme In the cmdet coips and it will probably have something to offer every visitor for tae next two years. Sx hundred and forty six acres sandwiched in the middle of one of r e most pc^lous areas in the world tqipears, at first glance, to be a pretty sizable 'chunk^f turf, but when one realizes the number of buildings and the number of people on this land, it suddedy loses a little of its wide open effect. To give a statistical example, there are more than 115 c»st free exhitdts at the Fair, plus numerous restaurants and pavilions. Ccxnbine this with 500 cadets and It sounds like a day of great fun. It was! Once the Regiment, P JH.’s Glee Club and Band had made their respective ceremcmious debuts, the entire cadet corps was tree from about noontime until 2100 that evening. Long will the corps remember the first pavilion of caU. So will h e Schaefer people who eperated h e pavilicm. Once everyone’s h i r s t was quenched, they spread out in all directions, but where- ey&r one turned, there always seemed to be a white hat or two in view. Certainly one of die most interesting calls made during the day was to the massive Walt Dlsn^ designed Ford pavilion. Here cadets lounged in *64 convertibles as they moved hrough a recreated ; / Disneyland cximplete with cavemen. All diis for free and nothing ! more than a forty-five minute wait. From here many of die said cadets journeyed down the vast roadway to cast a critical eye at such diin^ as the giant Good year tire and die ml^ity dinosoars of Sinclair. Seeing die future 1 in the present was the next step as cadets ventured to GM and ’ another hour walt^ Here it was definitely worth the wait as all ^ whirled around in their chairs to see the future. One of the best pavilicxis diat cxxild bevislted was that sponsored by Coca-Cola, This also qipeared to be oneof the lesser expensive exhibits at the Fair. A visiting cadet found himself walking down a street in Hong Kcxig one moment and the next moment found himself on the boat deck of an ocean liner. (Who knows it could have been the TJ5.EJS.) This pavilion proved, among odier things, to be the most realistic at the Fair. A Very edever eiqieriment was achieved by IBM widi great success. What it amounts to is a humorous planning of a d inn^ party and what happens when differoit scenes pertaining to die same subject are flashed on nine separate screens simultaneously. The result proves well wordi the inconvoiience of waiting on line. It would easily be possible to go on for pages inraising the m o lts of the New York World’s Fair and reciting things done on our day at the P air. Even when this writer was exhausted of ideas there would be at least 500other cados who would have some specdal experience to relate concemliig the Pair. After all, whoe else in the world cen you see y o u r s ^ on cmlor TY, ride the rapids in a hollow log, take an ocean cruise and visit the past and the future all in the same day? The answer only at the World’s Fair. And we did just these things and many, many more. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Admiral H. C. Moore, U.S.C.G. (Ret.), President State IMversity of New York Maritime College Fort Schuyler Bronx 65, New York Dear Admiral Moore: On behalf of flie New York State Commission on the World's Fair, I wish to express appreciation for the wonderful assistance provided the young men of flie New York Maritime College on the occasion of the ded ication of the New York State Pavilion at the World's Fair. A memorable experience was provided for all who attended by the presence, appearance and performance of your cadets. Certainly without them New York State Day at the World's Fair would not have been the great success it was. Sincerely, -i If .1 . f
