Manual High School - Mirror Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Eleven and triends paid their last respects to him when they passed his body as it lay in state in the chapel. Services were conducted by the Reverend Father Essex, his former rector, in whose consecration as bishop he had expressed much pleasure and satistac- tion, The Manual A Cappella Choir, an organization ot which he was most proud, sang two ot his favorite songs, O Morn ot Beauty by Sibelius, and Tennyson's Crossing the Bar. l-lis hospitality was marked with a genuine desire tor triendship, and no social aspirations marked the invitations he either extended or accepted. l-lis was a kindly and sympathetic nature. With him repose the secrets ot many, whose implicit trust and contidences were never betrayed, Loyal to his convictions, his triends, and the school he loved, he was ever eager to render service in their behalf. l-lis was the spirit, the guiding hand in all that was worthwhile in lvlanual school lite, and his example, his hopes, and his desires will be remembered long. A champion of all that was honest, good, and true, his was an uplifting intluence and an example worthy ot the high ottice which he so splendidly administered, A cheering word was ever on his lips, but now his voice is stilled, Words are inadequate to express the deep sense ot loss so keenly telt by those who knew him best. We honor his memory and will extol his good works forever. Frank E l-lardin THE MIRROR OF 1938

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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

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Tvvelve CRGSSING Tl-lE BAR Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for mel And may There be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to seal But such a 'ride as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drevv from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And alter that The darkl And may there be no sadness of larevvell, When l embarlfg For lho' from out our loourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, l hope To see my pilot face to face When l have crossed the bar. Alfred Lord Tennyson lvlr, Russell's Birches on Lake l-luron, l-larbor Beach, Michigan THE MIRROR OF 1938