Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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To Walter Robrock fExcellent teacher, true friendj Now you know the secrets you spent a life to leam, How the plants are growing, what makes a Hrefly burn. There is much to ponder, a great unknown to dare, You have left a torchlight, one we would guard with care. Warmth of humble justice and truth can not be stilled, Your beloved position can never be refilled. Colleagues, friends, and loved ones acclaim your honored place, We are better people for having known your grace. We can hear you singing our Alma Mater song, We can see you winging in aircraft proud and strong. Now you hold the secrets we search on to know, How the plants are living, what makes a Firefly glow. Dorotha Bradford I n r WALTER ROBROCK A.B.g M.A. john M. Davidson, M. Photog N ME ORIAM We, the class of 1957, dedicate this annual to Walter Robrock, who was both a teacher and a friend to us. Mr. Robrock taught in Bryan for thirty-three years and dur- ing that time he taught approximately five thousand students. He was very much interested in science, photography, literature, mu- sic, and aeronautics. Through these fields he touched the hearts of many people. All of the students who have been on the annual staffs since 1936 will never forget Mr. Robrock's lasting patience and assist- ance, as he advised the production of twenty oine year books. We will never forget Mr. Robrock and all of his many kind and generous deeds that he would never take credit for. This ded- ication is our way of expressing our admiration and affection for the late Mr. Robrock. 6

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We remember Mr. Robrock often at the keyboard. For church organ or dance music, he had an un- usually keen sense of harmony and rhythm. He was trained in music, but complained that the notes got in his way and he usually played without them. He conducted a B.H.S. dance bandfor eight- een years and always helped with school dances and the Minstrel Show. All of Mr. Robrock's hobbies he performed with scientific excellence. He trained student photogra- phers for years, many of whom went on into techni- cal advancement with it. Three of his students won national prizes. He is shown here with Maurice Thierry in 1949. When the new wing of our school was built in 1939, Mr. Robrock designed the science laboratory as part of his Master's degree work at Colorado U., and it was one of the best of its time. Science was, to him, a philosophy of continual curiosity about the universe we live in. He is shown here with students in 1952. Humble about his many accomplishments, Mr. Robrock indulged somewhat in pride when he re- ceived his private pilot's license at fifty-one and two years later his commercial license. He loved taking students up in his Aeronca and estimated that he had given about seven hundred people their first ride in a plane. In 1953 he was honored at the Wright Me- morial banquet in Washington D.C. for his work in aviation education.