Rush Medical College
an affiliated college of Chicago University. It was chartered by the legislature of Illinois in 1837. The governor of the state, the lieutenant-governor, and the speaker of the House of Representatives are members of the governing board. The present relationship was entered into in 1898. The course consists of four years, two of which are taken in the college of arts and two in the medical college. The institution is coeducational. There are over a thousand students, many being physicians of experience engaged in research.
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Rush, Benjamin
Benjamin (1745-1813), an American physician and patriot. He was a native of Philadelphia and died there. He was graduated at Princeton in 1760 and completed a course at the University of Edinburgh in 1768. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was professor of chemistry in the College of Philadelphia. He was an ardent advocate of American rights--a coworker with Franklin. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence , a member of the convention which framed the United States Constitution, and a member of the Pennsylvania legislature which ratified that Constitution in 1787. During the Revolutionary War he was appointed surgeon-general and had general charge of the hospital service. On the return of peace he resumed his practice and professorship at Philadelphia. Later the college with which he was connected was merged with the University of Pennsylvania in which he became professor of medicine and clinics. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the United States. He won quite a reputation by his treatment of yellow fever . Like his friend, Benjamin Franklin, he was a scientific inquirer, and was a member of various learned societies. He advocated the abolition of slavery. He was connected with the United States mint at Philadelphia from the time of its establishment until his death. See Hospital ; Medicine
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Rushville
a city of Indiana, the county-seat of Rush co. It is on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis , the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, and Louisville, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis railroads. It has important industries, which include the manufacture of furniture, woodworking machinery, carriages, lumber, etc. It has also an important trade in grain, cattle, sheep, and hogs. Pop. (1910) 4,925; (1920) 5,498.
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Rusk
JEREMIAH M'LAIN, an American agriculturist; born in Morgan co., Ohio, June 17, 1830; removed to Wisconsin in 1853 and became a farmer. He entered the Union service during the Civil War, as major of a regiment he had raised, the 25th Wisconsin Volunteers; was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1863; was brevetted colonel and brigadiergeneral, 1865. From 1866 to 1870 he was bank-controller of Wisconsin, and represented his State from 1871 to 1877 in Congress. In 1882 he was elected governor of Wisconsin and served in that capacity till 1889. He was made secretary of the newly-created Department of Agriculture in 1889, and held this office till 1893. He died in Viroqua, Wis., Nov. 21, 1893.
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Russell
BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM, a British author. He was born at Trelleck in 1872 and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Later he became Lecturer and Fellow of the same college. He has written and traveled much, and articles written by him on Sovietism after a visit to Russia in 1920 attracted attention. His works include: "German Social Democracy," "Essay on the Foundations of Geometry," "Philosophy of Leibnitz," "Principles of Mathematics," "Philosophical Essays," "Problems of Philosophy," "Principia Mathematica," "Principles of Social Reconstruction," "Mysticism and Logic," "Roads to Freedom."
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Russell (ANNIE an American actress born)
ANNIE, an American actress, born in Liverpool, England, 1869. She made her first appearance at the age of 7 in Montreal. Somewhat later she was a member of a juvenile "Pinafore" company in New York. After touring in South America, she returned to the United States, and became a member of the Madison Square Theatre Company. Her first great success was scored as "Esmeralda." Beginning with 1895 she appeared in many stellar rôles in "Mice and Men," "Major Barbara," etc. She was also very successful in the interpretation of Shakespearian characters, such as "Puck" in "Midsummer Night's Dream," etc., as well as in a number of other classical plays, including Sheridan's "Rivals" and "School for Scandal" and Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer." At various times she also appeared with considerable success in London.
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Russell (COUNTESS a British writer)
COUNTESS, a British writer. daughter of H. Herron Beauchamp, and She was born in England, the married 1st, Count Henning August Ar nim (d. 1910), and 2nd, in 1916, Earl Russell. Her works include: "Elizabeth and Her German Garden," "The Solitary Summer," "The April Baby's Book of Tunes," "The Benefactress," "The Adventures of Elizabeth in Ruegen," "The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight," "Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther," "The Caravaners," "Priscilla Runs Away," "The Pastor's Wife," "Christopher and Columbus."
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Russell (GEORGE W an Irish poet)
GEORGE W., an Irish poet and writer, born in 1867. His chief literary work was done under the initials "AE." For a time he studied art, but abandoned this to devote himself to the Celtic movement and the economic improvement of Ireland. Some of his poetry is of great beauty. He was one of the chief figures in the Irish literary revival. His published works include "Homeward: Songs by the Way" (1894); "The Earth Breath and Other Poems" (1897); "The Spirit of England" (1915); and "Collected Poems" (1915). He also wrote several dramas in prose. The most notable of these was "Deirdre," which was performed by the Irish National Theater Society.
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Russell (II)
CHARLES EDWARD, an American journalist and author, born at Davenport, Iowa, in 1860. He was educated at St. Johnsbury Academy, and for several years was engaged in newspaper work. He was a student of Socialism and one of the most prominent Socialists in the United States up to the entrance of the United States in the World War, when he withdrew from the regular Socialist Party organization. He was Socialist candidate for governor of New York in 1910 and 1912. In 1917 he was a member of the diplomatic mission sent to Russia by the United States and in 1919 was a member of the President's Industrial Commission. His writings include "Business, the Heart of the Nation" (1911); "Unchained Russia" (1918); "After the Whirlwind" (1919); "Bolshevism and the United States" (1919).
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