Rothrock High School - Le Livre Yearbook (McVeytown, PA)

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,ucv ' amz ewan 'Me 01d Jlamulead Josep of POC Joseph T Rothrock was born ln McVeytovxn on Aprll 9 1839 He was born ln the house Whlch IS now known as the Wakefield apartments l-Ie was decended from a long l1ne of sturdy Dutch ploneears who through many generatlons had tolled the so1l We may Well suppose that It was from them that he lnherlted h1s love of the land Whlle Joe as he was commonly called by hls many frlends was attendlng the school of lvllflllfl County s wooded hllls and fertlle valleys he began here to study nature 1n 1tS best form Rothrock had an unusual keen mtellect and learned 1ap1d1y IH school but It Was apparent from tlme to t1me th xt he was of a restless nature Because of th1s h1S father had hlm placed on a farm near McVeytoWn for tlme form hablts of 1ndust1y and observatlon Later Dr Rothrock 18 marked It was the most xaluable pa1t of my educat1on He contmued h1S educatlon at Tuscol ora Academy J unlata County the Laxx renee Sc1ent1tic School of Hauard and the Medl al Department of the Un1vers1ty of Pennsylvan ah Hax mg chlefly pursued a medlcal career at th1s later school D1 Rothrock natulally planned to practlce as a medlcal doctol Indeed he ex en had a practlce started ln Cent1e County but when the Cxx 11 War broke out he was qulck to use to the detense of the Unlon He served as a prlx ate and latel as captaln of Company E m the Pernsylvanla Cavahv He was xx ounded ln the battle of F1 der cksburg and was known as a blaxe and capable solcuex and officer Page 4 A I i' e W 1 C, fa l 5 ' 1 . 5 A lf 2. k . - Y U , . ' KK 93 ' ' S 7 at , 2 . two years so that he might work off his surplus energy and' at the same as K 7 1 . ' as D h - , . . . . L 1 Y, . 1 7 . . 1 W .D n 1 1 , ki Y. . , . . , .I . 1 .. I , 1 1 , ' , ' .

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It IS only fittmg that the name of thos contrlbuted to the adx ance and athlex ement of the hlgh h sc ool be set down ln permanent record Organlzatmn ablllty exerclsed Vvlth enthuelasm and fOl6Q1ght has enabled Mrs Steele e who haxe to lntroduce 1nt0 lugh Qthool an enthumaem for dramatlcs Enthusvasm fol ex exy detall of her xx ork hoxx ever IS the characterlstm xn ex 1dence to us the Qtudente Page 3 A' A 1 I Y . Y A 1 a ' Y ' L , . . . . . Y. . I . . . . . , . I , , - , .v 7 ' f , A . . -1

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In 1865 Rothrock 1011161 an exp drtron party sponsored by Western Unron Telegraph Fxtensron rn connectron wrth the then proposed overland telegraph lrne from the Unrted States to Russra by Way of the Berrng Str art Later rn tapacrty of Sur geon md Rotfrnrst Rothrotk auompanred Lreutenant Wheeler s Fxplorrng lf xpedrtron of the Unrted St rtes After these exrredrtrons he returned to Pennsylyanra where he es tablrshed the irrst boys club whrch bore the name The North Mountarn bchool of Physrcal Culture As a contrrbutron to medrtrne Dr Rothrotk founded at Mount Alto the frrst free sanrtorrum for the open an tre rtment of tuberculosrs The state establrshed fr Department of Forestry and named Roth rock rs the hrst he rd ot the Department Dr Rothrotk rlso held a posrtron as Professor of Botany at State College He tray eled rn Europe pleadrng for conserxatron Whrle rn Furope he studred Botany at the Unrx er srty of Strassburg under the great Botanrst DeBoy In 1884 he wrote 1 book rbout rrx rs rn Pennsylxanra under the trtle Votatron Drursrng The year 1929 marked the end or Joseph Trrmble Rothrock s long and honorable career for he med at the ave or 83 Well over a mrllron rcr es of forests are non under state superxrsron betause of Rothrotk s work In the btate Caprtal Burldrng, rt H urrsburg there rs a bronz plaque dedrcated to hrs memory rn rarckrnf Creek there rs a forest area known as the Rothroek Reserxe and rn McVeytown a stone memorral erected by the Feneral Assembly rn 1994 These are rll memorrals to a great man 4,4 ?' Wllldlfrl WW? fuanumenl an Squads RafA4ocA4 Redeaae Page 5 . . . V O . . 1 1 I e 1, 1 L k I . . K . . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1: 1 1' - y 1 ' Q 1 . 1 . J 1 ' . t c c 1 v . , r 1. , V . . . L' 41 14 2 L1- , l I A 1 VI -I 1 N L A L A -' . . , Y . 1 H . r 5 A A 7 C 5' ' .1 1 . 1 1 4 1' . . il 1 1 1 I K l 1 , . 1 '1 1' ' ' x ' ' ' Z ' 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 c ., c A 1, ' ' 1 1 . - 1 4 I 1 F 1 I I C x L ,C w Y 1 b I Y Y. . I 1 1 . 1 1 1 5 I . c 1 1 1 1 1 7 . I .. 2 a ' 7- . , . . 4 . 1 . v 1 - 3 -fur 1 A I 1 11 1 , . v 1 1 - 1' 'Q - 1 ' 1 v1 '- C I N. A A . ' as , ' ' ' H 1 1 l fn- 1 1 , .1 fn 1- K ' i - l . , I1 5 n . . , . - . A , . . . C a A A L my x 7 L . L K 1 N . . . J 5 . 4 . . T 2 Z 1 1 1 V . . 4 D . Y . . , . A 1 , Q, 1 v 1 1 - ' - 1 K r' v A 7 7 A . A 4. 1 1 ' 1.4 . 1' 2 ' 1 ' . ' utr. 2 1 ' I A TA , Q , X 'V' ' vr , 61 , . . 1 I ff I K 1 151 31' fr ,, I V ,X Q. ff es. . , . A ' ' 2 , ffm! f 4. .1 xv 8 A11-wr V, sf .V f f umm! K Y M 1 , la., 5,45 I