Darlington School - Jabberwock Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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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 , . .

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JOHN PAUL and ALICE ALLGOOD CGOPER Cooper lrved rn Boston However rn I908 havrng accomplrshed hrs purpose M Cooper retrred trom busrness rn that crty and returned wrth Mrs Cooper and therr three sons Mark Andrew and Frederrck to Rome where he establrshed hrs permanent resrdence Havrng wrtnessed the rmpoverrshment ot hrs home land as a result ot the crvrl war Mr Cooper had earnestly determrned to make hrs contrrbutron toward the rehabrlrtatron and upburldrng ot hrs natrve communrty Upon returnrng to Rome and durrng the remarnrng years ot hrs lrte he gave generously ot hrs talents and resources tor the accomplrshment ot thrs purpose Always rnterestecl rn constructrve crvrc enterprrses he accepted many posrtrons of responsibility and leadershrp Hrs genrus as a busrness man was wrdely recognrzed and he became vrce presrdent ot the Howell Cotton Com pany ot hrs natrve crty and a member ot the trrm ot Cooper and Grrtlfrn ot Greenvrlle South Carolrna As an evrdence ot hrs rnterest rn educatronal matters he was tor the Board ot Trustees ot Darlrngton School Though remarkably successtul rn hrs career as a busrness man Mr Cooper tound trme to cultrvate the more rdealrstrc thrngs ot lrte and from hrs exactrng dutres sought release rn hrs lrbrary among hrs books rn the trelds and woods about hrs beautrtul home Woodhaven and rn the torests ot the North where he went trequently wrth hrs sons to hunt and to lrve rn the out ot doors He was a lover ot nature and beauty rn all rts torms and durrng hrs lrte wrote a number ot nature poems ot rare charm and rnsrght Hrs lrterary grtts were never made known to the general publrc and only a tew ot hrs rntrmate trrends were prrvrleged to see and admrre hrs slender volume ot verse He was a man ot rntallrble taste he possessed a delrcate sense ot propor tron and an unerrrng eye tor the beautrtul and symrnetrrcal rn landscape and archrtec ture In Mr Cooper was combrned common sense wrth brrllrant rntellect and modesty wrth generosrty He hated ostentatron and loved srmplrcrty rn all thrngs He was a drscernrng judge ot men and attarrs He belreved rmplrcrty rn those who had won . . . I . I . . . I r. many years President ot the Board ot Trustees ot Shorter College and President ot