Darlington School - Jabberwock Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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0.46 611446.44 I Llfl7i0lfL OSEPH JAMES DARUNGTON was born rn Due West South Carolrna February IO l849 At the early age ot nrneteen he recerved from Erskrne College the degree ot Bachelor ot Arts l-lavrng prevrously taught rn Vrrgrnra and South Carolrna Mr Darlrngton rn IB69 accepted the rrrvrtatron ot Mr Walker Iverson Brookes ot Orange Grove South Carolrna to become a member ot hrs household as tutor to the younger chrldren lt was whrle actrng rn thrs capacrty that Mr Darlrngton through hrs quret drgnrty and sterlrng Chrrstran character produced a lastrng rmpressron upon the mrnd and heart of young Wrllram Walker Brookes who rn later years was to become a member of the trrst Board ot Governors ot the Darlrngton School ln l872 through the rnstrumentalrty ot Mr Walker lverson Brookes Mr Darlrngton accepted a posrtron as assrstant to Mr John M Proctor who was conductrng a prrvate school tor boys rn Rome Georgra Whrle teachrng rn the Proctor School Mr Dar lrngton made a profound rmpressron upon hrs students and touched therr lrves deeply for good They admrred hrm tor hrs scholarly attarnments respected hrm tor hrs Chrrs tran character and loved hrm tor hrs very manhood and humor Among these puprls was a young man John Paul Cooper who was later to establrsh a school hrmselt n whrch he hoped that the rdeals rnsprred by hrs former tea her mrght be perpetuated 'lhe Honorable F Regus Noel ot the Drstrrct ot Columbra Bar rn hrs notable brographrcal sketch ot Joseph James Darlrngton makes pertrnent reference to the wrde spread rntluence ot hrs former assocrate and rntrmate trrend even betore Mr Darlrngton attarned hrs malorrty hrs unusual character began to shower rts blessrngs on rndrvrduals and communrtres rn whrch he lrved and thrs benrgnrty contrnued rn rncreasrng quantrty and magnrtrcence untrl hrs death Contrnurng Mr Noel wrrtes quotrng from a letter wrrtten to hrm by l-looper Alexander Esq ot Atlanta Georgra who was also a puprl under Mr Darlrngton rn the Proctor School It would be hard to say rust wherern lay the qualrtres that so endeared hrm to the school and to the town Hrs demeanor was so modest and unobstrusrve and hrs rndrvrdualrty although detrnrte and pronounced was so lrttle manrtest that l have never qurte understood A f. 1 1 , . 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 , . , . 1 - 1 - ' . , ' , . , , r I . C . 1 1 1 I - . . . . . . ,, - 1 l 1 . . . . . . . ., . , , 1 1 , . , 1 '1 1 1 . . . H ' 1 1 1

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JOSEPH JAMES DARLINGTON the secret ot rt What I do lcnow rs this that upon the boys who attended the school he lett an rnettacable rmpressron and I thrnlc he largely influenced their tuture lrves I belreve l am warranted rn saying that he rntluenced them for good to themselves and to their country After two years ot trurttul experrence rn the Proctor School Mr Darlrngton left Rome tor Washington D C where he entered the senror class ot Columbia Law School Upon graduatron he was admitted to the bar and entered the law ottrces ot th Honor able Rrchard T Merrrclc Four years later rn I878 Mr Darlington began practrce tor hrmselt Hrs abrlrty as an attorney hrs reputation tor honesty and rntegrrty and the quret strength ot hrs lrte and character soon won tor hrm a pre emrnent place at the Drstrrct Bar On July 2l l885 Mr Darlington married Miss Elizabeth Rachel Meador the only child ot the Reverend Chastarn C Meador who founded the old Frtth Baptist Church This was Mr Meadors only pastorate and he served the church through forty seven years ot trurttul labor Mrs Darlrngton dred rn l89O survived by their two daughters Mrss Anne Charlotte also survive therr father Again quotrng from the Honorable F Regrs Noel The death ot hrs wrte thus early was a blow trom which Mr Darlington never recovered I-le made an etlort to drown hrs sorrow rn hrs work At the trme ot hrs death rn l92O Mr Darlington was the honored and beloved Dean ot the Bar of the Drstrrct ot Columbra There stands today rn Judrcrary Square Washrngton D C a monument erected to the memory ot Joseph James Darlrngton by a tew ot hrs close trrends and wrth the sanction ot Congress and the approval of the National Fine Arts Commrttee lt bears the tollowrng rnscrrptron IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH JAMES DARLINGTON I849 I92O COUNSELOR TEACHER LOVER OE MANKIND Throughout hrs lite Mr Darlington was an ardent churchman and tor many years was teacher ot the Berean Brble Class rn the Frtth Baptist Church Washrngton D C He was lcrnd and generous and gave largely ot hrs means and ot hrmselt to the bet terment of those around hrm Many ot the ablest and most drstrngurshed barrrsters practrcrng rn the Caprtal Crty today served their apprentrceshrp rn the ottrce ot Mr . . . 6 - Darlington and Mrs. Elizabeth D. Simpson, wite ot Dr. Charles Augustus Simpson, who