II. School Years, 1911-1918
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. began his educational experience at home where a governess taught him and his siblings until 1910. He then attended the Gordon Institute at Barnesville, Georgia, from 1911 to 1913 and again in 1915, and graduated from the Seventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School at Powder Springs, Georgia, in 1914. In 1915 Russell entered the University of Georgia and was active in various social clubs and societies, including the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Fraternity, the Gridiron Club, the Jeffersonian Law Society and the Phi Kappa Literary Society. He graduated in 1918 with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
Included in this series are notes, class work, diaries, postcards, printed materials, and correspondence. The correspondence includes letters from his family, especially his parents, encouraging Russell to work hard and do well in his studies. Judge Russell reveals especially his hopes for his namesake's political future.
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