Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Ten WILLIAM CILES RUSSELL n December twenty-third, eighteen seventy-six, at Calesville, Wisconsin, yVilliam Ciles Russell was born. I-lis early years were spent in various sections of the state,where his father, a Method- ist minister, fulfilled his appointments, Removing to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in his young manhood, Mr, Russell was graduated from the high school there, and there began his training for the positions he was to fill so capably in the field of education. Following his graduation from the Milwaukee Normal School in l903, Mr. Russell entered the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in l9OB. The following year he came to Peoria, teaching civics, economics, and history at Peoria High School. ln l9l5 he was appointed principal of the Tyng elementary school, in which capacity he served five years, After serving as principal of Clen Oak School for one year, upon the resignation of Mr. W, N. Brown he was appointed principal of Manual Training I-ligh School, Here was a long and successful administration, terminated only by his untimely passing on October 27, i937 During these years of service he had, in addition to his regular duties, served as president of the Peoria Teachers, Club, l924, president of the Big Twelve in l929, and treasurer in l936, and was serving again as president of this organization at the time of his death. Faculty and student body alike were stunned upon receipt of the news of his death as they assembled on Wednesday morning, October twenty-eighth, I-le had seemed to be in his usual good health the previous day, carrying on his customary duties even to conducting a meeting of his faculty after school, Death occurred as he had so often expressed a desire to have it occur-in his sleep, In i909 he married Miss Carolyn Bartlett of Randolph, New York, who entered with him into the true joy of living, No school function was complete without their presence, and none was lacking in their support. In V925 upon the death of their mother, two nephews, Dick and Carman Bartlett, then but seven and nine years of age respectively, came into the home, l-lere both received parental care and consideration, and, after graduation from Manual Training I-ligh School, attended college, A lover of nature, Mr, Russell spent much time in the open, l-Ie loved to tramp the woods and cook over an open fire, l-le reveled in the beauties of Yellowstone, Clacier, and Estes National Parks, and made numerous other trips to points of inter- est or of scenic beauty, To work on his lawn, to tend his flowers, and to watch the boats on the water from the porch of his summer home, The Birches, on Lake I-luron, were to him never ending sources of pleasure and contentment. As a devout Christian, he was buried from St, Paul's Episcopal Church, in which he had long served as lunior Warden. At this time many of the student body, alumni, THE MIRROR OF 1938