Darlington School - Jabberwock Yearbook (Rome, GA)

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256 Lcafwn To the founders and early developers of Darlrngton we cledrcate thus annual Par tucularly to Joseph James Darllngton John Paul Cooper Aluce Allgoocl Cooper Wal lnam Walker Brookes and James Ross Mc Cam Also our cledrcatnon extends to the orlgmal Board of Governors and those un mentioned hundreds of tnends and con tnbutors who have made possnble our beau txful campus and buuldungs Through therr untmng efforts hugh :deals and moral and maternal support an mstntutlon has been burlt not solely for the acqunsrtlon of knowl edge but also tor the development of youth unto Chrastuan manhood As Darlington stu dents we wush thus book to be our tnbute rn recogmtron of these great characters who have rndlrectly meant so much to us -P

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0Z6W0'C This 'Fellow students is your annual' This seniors is your book' ln this book we have attempted to capture the at mosphere and present the highlights ot our school year May this give to the outsider a minute glance ot Darling ton but that is not our chiet purpose We wish mainly to give to the Darlington student a tie that will bind him to this school and his friends here with pleasant and happy memories ln these pages we have attempted to pay tribute to the various 'Figures ot early Darlington and to present a brief history ot the school in addition to the usual portrayal ot school lite It the book pleases you our purpose is attained and we will be granted the personal satisfaction that could come only from accomplishing what we set out to do. M

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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