Burke High School - Burke Book Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Staff Dedicates Book To Dr. Brown The Burke Book Staff under the direction of Mrs. Karen Owens is proud to dedicate this yearbook to Dr. Robert S. Brown, who has given many years of service to the Omaha Public Schools and who has served as Burke's Principal since its beginning in 1967. The Burke Book has never been dedicated to any individual before, however, the staff felt that Dr. Brown was a unique individual who has not only been an excellent principal, but a friend and an example to every student. Before Dr. Brown became Principal of Burke High School, he was principal of five elementary schools, a junior high school, and Beveridge Junior-Senior High School, plus teaching and coaching athletics at South High School. All the schools he has served have been in Omaha. Dr. Robert S. Brown was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a small industrial town. His parents, himself and two sisters later moved to Chicago, and later, in 1922, the family moved to Omaha. He received his advanced education from the University of Nebraksa in Lincoln, where he received a Master's Degree in Education and a Doctorate in Philosophy. When he was twenty-six, he met a girl at a church conference. Two years later he married her. A very talented lady, Mrs. Brown has taught pre-school for twenty-five exciting years. She has been a great influence on Dr. Brown's life. The Browns have a married daughter with three children living in Muscatine, Iowa, and a married son with three children living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their third son, Kim, is a senior at Biola College in La Mirada, California. He is an all-star soccer player who has played in Mexico twice and will play in England next summer. One of the first things Dr. and Mrs. Brown plan to do is visit Kim and watch him play soccer, this is one pleasure that they have been denied because of Dr. Brownls busy schedule. Dr. Brown has many interests. First of all, he attends almost every school activity, this is extremely time consumingg however, he feels that the students must realize that he is interested in them personally. He also enjoys church activities. He helps with music in his church and is a director of a large conference every summer. He firmly believes that God must have an important place in a person's life. He proves this by spending numerous hours visiting the sick of his congregation as well as the students and faculty who are ill or have been hospitalized. Keeping in shape is one of his priorities. He jogs for fitness and also enjoys handball and a game called squash racquets. Many days after school one could find Dr. Brown playing volleyball with the students or a vigorous game of basketball. After working with young people for so many years, he has confidence in theyouth of today. Most of them are great, he said. They have goals and they think critically. He sees a difference between the youth of today and the youngsters that he taught many years ago. Today, kids are bombarded with many more ideas than we were or children were twenty years ago. With television and radio, there are so many more ideas than we ever conceived possible. Dr. Brown explained that this adds more pressures and makes it difficult to retain basic values. Dr. Brown stated that he and Mrs. Brown love Burke High School and that it will be difficult to leave. We, the students and the faculty, will miss this man who has been such an influential part of our lives. We hope that the future for both Dr. and Mrs. Brown will be interesting and rewarding and that Dr. Brown will not forget Burke High. We certainly will never forget him and the things for which he stood.

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What IS there to regret When It s over'7 If We live life to its fullest