Darlington School - Jabberwock Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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JOSEPH JAM ES DARLI NGTON Darlrngton and among the leaders rn the realm ot busrness and trnance are to be tound those who were grven therr rnrtral opportunrtres through hrs generosrty and encourage ment He lrked and enjoyed people The summers at hrs Vrrgrnra country place were Irke an almost contrnuous house party From the varrety ot the guests someone once called rt a mrnrature world He called rt Lrberty Hall quotrng hrs old trrend Alexander Stephens Mr Darlrngton tound relaxatron from hard work rn trre ds books travel and the farm where he experrfnented rn crops and rarsed thoroughbred anrmals When rn town he enjoyed occasronal plays drnner partres wrth rnteres rng people and wrtty talk Hrs humor was one of the most attractrve thrngs about hrm and he had the rather rare faculty ot enjoyrng jokes on hrmselt as much as those on hrs trrends He was as tastrdrous about jokes as about books and plays he lrked them clever and clean Mr Darlrngton never lost rnterest rn the causes ot Educatron and kept rn close touch wrth the rnstrtutron named rn hrs honor and founded to perpetuate the rdeals repre sented rn hrs lrte Hrs attrtude toward the school was clearly shown rn the tollowrng excerpt from a letter wrrtten a few days betore hrs death to hrs trrend and former student Mr John Paul Cooper The arlment wrth whrch I am attlrcted my medrcal advrsers told me months ago wa rncurable I have enjoyed seventy one years ot lrte nearly or qurte seventy ot them years ot suttrcrently good health to admrt ot unrmparred actrvrty lrttle at that age remarns to be accomplrshed even rt a degree of health accompanres rt I have been fortunate rn realrzrng to a tarr degree the objects at whrch I have armed and wrll leave my grrls adequately provrded for rn vrew of whrch facts the present srtuatron wrth regard to myselt does not rn the least drsturb me on the contrary I am Iookrng wrth pleasant antrcrpatron of shortly renewrng asso cratron wrth the many ot my trrends and loved ones who have gone before shortly to be rejorned by those who tor a trme wrll remarn I recerved a letter ot sym pathy from a Commrttee ot the Young Men ot the School whrch l greatly apprecrated Havrng no sons the School wrll be my only rnterest left behrncl to perpetuate my name a memorral created for me by my boys of the Seventres rn whrch movement you were chref Please belreve that I deeply apprecrate rt and that the best wrshes ot whrch I am capable are tor you and each ot yours untrl we next meet 1 - rr - - rr - rr - rr - - - ' n . . r. , 1 1 I . , r. , . , . . ., . . . , . , , . . . r . . - . .r . . . . , r 1 I . , r . . , . 1 1 . I 1 I . 1 r . - rr

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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

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QUAJ4 WML! Cooypez OHN PAUL COOPER was born rn Rome Georgra July 27 I858 l-lrs mother the former Mrss Harrret Smrth had marrred Captarn John Frederrclc Cooper who was lcrlled rn the trrst battle ot Manassas After the death ot hrs tather John Paul made hrs home durrng the summer months wrth hrs grandfather Major Mark Cooper at Glenholly near Cartersvrlle Georgra Durrng the wrnter he lrved wrth hrs mother rn by Mr John M Proctor he trrst came under the rntluence ot Joseph James Darlrngton who was at that trme assocrated wrth Mr Proctor rn the school Mr Darlrngton even tually entered the legal protessron however durrng the trme he was connected wrth the Proctor School as teacher and counselor the torce ot hrs personalrty rmpressed rtselt unalterably upon the lrves of the boys who came under hrs rntluence Not only hrs scholarly attrrbutes but hrs loyalty to the trnest rdeals and hrghest standards ot personal conduct left therr marlc tor good upon hrs students When rn late years John Paul Cooper founded a school for the boys ot Rome he named rt Darlrngton School as a trrbute to hrs former teacher and lrte long trrend On June 6 I889 Mr Cooper marrred Mrss Alrce Allgood a young lady of charm and drstrnctron Alrce Allgood was born September 25 l865 Her mother Mary Marsh Allgood was a natrve ot North Carolrna Her 'Father Andrew P Allgood had come from South Carolrna and rn 1843 founded the Trron Mrlls at Trron Georgra Three years prror to hrs marrrage Mr Cooper had gone to Boston Massachusetts where he entered busrness wrth Mr Charles Brush torm ng the trrm lcnown as Cooper and Brush He had for personal reasons determrned to lay the toundatrons of hrs busrness rnterest rn the East and for many years after therr marrrage Mr and Mrs . I I I I ' . I 4 4 - I ' . 4 - I . . . i . I ' I - I I . I . I u u . . . . . . . . I I ' Rome, and when fourteen years of age, having entered the private school conducted ' ' I I : I . . . I . . . I . r , I .. . . . . I I u . . . I . , . , 1 . I ' 1 - 1 , . ' I I . , r ' ' I I , . .