The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-19

school of Yale in 1888. In 1S40 military drill and discipline was introduced into the school The growth of the school from its inception was carefully traced When the civil war came more than 300 boys of the school joined the army, one hundred of them as officers. General Russell wanted his boys to be doing something worth while all the time whether in study or recreation. He was impatient of idleness or loafing, of having no interest in anything, of hav- ing nothing to do.
 The speaker also told of General Rus sells service to the country by raising, drilling and equipping so many mili- tary companies.
 In closing the speaker said the world was better for his life and poorer for his death. He made his city, state and country forever his debtors.
 Hon. N. D. Sperry told of his ac- quaintance with General Russell and spoke of him as being an exemplary citizen, man of the highest character and integrity. He related many things which showed the generals deep inter- est in civil affairs of the state and na- tion He said that he should always remember him with great affection and as one in whom was realized the high est ideals of fearless, exemplary Chris tian manhood.
 Rev. F. Stanley Root read an able paper on the title General William H. Russell, the Schoolmaster and Man" ," He said in brief: "In the period of its greatest prosperity probably no school of its type in the east was more favor ably regarded than the Collegiate and Commercial Institute We much prefer to say Billy Russell's School" It was a notable educational landmark in the annals of New England school life. The personality of its founder and head dominated the school with compre- hensive might which left no method untried to persuade the listless to ac- tivity, the dullard to the quickening of his power and the careless to the recog- milton of precision and accuracy as the mark of genuine student. It was as a constant stimulus to moral and intel lectual activity that General Russell showed himself supreme. He had 1t in him to achieve whatever he undertook by virtue of a certain inherent surpris- ing power of concentration upon moral and intellectual ends.
 Tn our schoolboy world the general personified the forces which belong to the commander-in chief of the army; the executive of the government and the powers-that-be in almost every realm of existence. Beneath that ex- terior the profound soul coated with granite there beat heart of sympathy and human helpfulness, the sweetness of the fountain of uncorrupted man. hood, whose waters flowed in enduring circles to comfort, bless and encour- age"
 He closed by relating many incidents which plainly showed the democratic spirit which was abroad in the school and brought to many in the audience pleasant memories of the seventies,
 Colonel F. F. Sill read copy of the resolutions pasesd by Admiral Foote post G. A. R., at the time of the death of General Russell.
 A delightful luncheon of ice cream, fancy cakes and chocolate was served at the conclusion of the meeting. The attendance was much larger than usual, many of those present being men who attended school under Gen era Russell and the occasion served to revive pleasant and tender recollec- tions of school days.