Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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F The Passing of Professor William Brill PROFESSOR BRILL will long be remembered by the students and the teachers of Rloomsburg State Normal School who. during his manv vears of service here, came to know him as their teacher and friend. His kindly yet digni- fied bearing marked him as a courteous gentleman. A short association with Mr. Brill soon impressed one of his thorough scholarship, high ideals and that a keen growing mind backed by the experience of a life devoted to scholarly pursuits ga e weight to his judgment and procedure. Professor Brill began and ended his professional life as a teacher, . fter teaching four years in the schools of Shamokin, he entered Dickinson Seminary, prepared for college and was later graduated from W ' esleyan College with the class of 1886. He was a member of Phi Betta Kappa and Psi L ' psilon Fraternities. He at once began his chosen career as a pastor in the Methodist Church. He ser -ed in this capacity until 1909. having charge of the work in Port Matilda, Pine Grove Mills. Birmingham. East Tyrone, . ltoona. Xewberry, Shickshinny, Sunbury. and Dan ille. In 1909 he re-entered the work of teaching in the public schools bv accepting the position of teacher of classical languages in Bloomsburg High . school. In 1911 he became head of the department of history and civics at the Bloomsburg State Normal School and continued to serve in that capacity until within a week of his death which occurred on June 8. 1925. Professor Brill had planned to retire as he reached the age of seventy years on February 23, 1925. He confided to his friends the anticipated pleasure of a few years of life at State College where he had planned to live with Mrs. Brill and his daughter Julia, the latter being a member of the facultv of . - tate College. His sudden death frustrated these cherished hopes and brought to an end the career of an esteemed teacher, a valued friend to the students of this school, and ended the active senices of an untiring worker in the ranks of his chosen church. His influence will long continue to be a precious memor ' to the himdreds of students who came under his care. In his passing we have lost, not onlv an efficient teacher, but the guidance of a wise counselor and friend. Thirteen Vy 1 I I M

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