University of South Carolina Libraries
k. R. BANKS? AN APPRECIATION Prof. Banks was the father of Jlrs. J. Allen Long of this city,vand had many friends in Abbeville. ?Editor. On February 25, 1920, the whole State' was saddened by the announcement of the death of Mr.* A. i R. Banks which occurred at Ridgeway, S. C. Except for a slight bronchial trouble, he had been en- J iovine his usual robust health until about two weeks before his death, when he developed influenza and was never sfcfte fco leave his bed. Mr. Banks was born on May 27, j 1847, in Chester County, the son of a prominent Presbyterian minister, and was graduated with distinction from Davidson College in the class j of 1869. Immediately upon leaving college, he began his work as a teacher which he continued unin- ' iemiptedly for fifty-one consecu, tive years. His first school was in \ Fort Mill, . C., but owing to the ' political situation at the time, he -was forced to leave the state in 1872. He went to Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he established a school foi1 boys. After an absence of three years, he returned to his native state never to leave it again. In 1875 he established at Fort Mill a preparatory school for boys which soon gained such a reputation as to attract young mfen not only from all over South Carolina but from neighboring states as ? ? ? -.1 i ?i well. The men irom mis schuoi always took a high rank wherever they went, and} possibly no preparatory school in the state of recent \ times has sent out a larger proportion of its men to become distinguished in later life. Men in all fields of activity, business men, lawyers, doctors, teachers and preachers, owe their success in no small measure to the thoroughness of the training they received at the Banks School. It was in 1888 that Mr. Banks went to Rock Hill and established the first graded school in South Carolina. After several years of successful labor he gave up his publio school work and founded the Presbyterian High School in Rock' |v . ? ff?L ? ?f there ^fSEBSk (It1 i; a Old HouseI':,' 1 =New 1 The f alwery Wk work B get i Hi surfai i= quire; j| ' Coolc 8j ^ tects. m mail 1 ^5^ ?, C-H STANDS FOR R {5^4 ' COOLEDGS HYGRADET iM These two letters uL: ? I rnre you that yon are v rettinjr the best paint Y made for th: Southern Mill. Thinking that York offered a more attractive field for a private school, he went there, but after a couple of years he returned to Rock Hill to take charge of the Catawba Academy.- Here he remained until 1902 when he went to Kershaw and Lancaster successively. In 1008 he was chosen superintendent of the Hyatt Park School, and remained in or near Columbia until he went to Ridge way last Septem_ ber. No sketch of Mr. Banks' activities would be complete, however, without a mention of the fact that wherever he went, he was always followed by a large number of boys, frequently former pupils, who wished to place themselves unhis tutelage. For it was conceded that if a boy had anything in him, Mr. Banks would get it out. Mr. Banks' efforts were not comfined to the class room. Hen entered heart and soul into the work of the community in which he happened to be, and at once became a " -C~?~ leader in its me. jwery iuim - v* social and church work felt the influence of his commanding personality. There is hardly a town in which he labored that does not owe its school building to its initiative. From the very first he took a leading part in the organization and upbuilding of the State Teacher's Association, being one of its charter members. And every movement to raise the standard of the teaching profession of our State and to better its condition received his enthusiastic support. As a member of i,he State Board of Education for ?? Vila many years, uc uu?u6.. ? copnsel and unceasing activities, played a large part in shaping the educational policies of the State. For one who owes his intellectual rebirth to him, it is as a teachei that Mr. Banks stands out massive. Yet it is difficult to analyze the qualities to which success of this remarkable man was due. And any attempt will seem inadequate. Ii there was one quality, that was more characteristic of him that any other, it was his energy?ener gy physical, intellectual anc spiritual. Endowed with a keen | logical mind, tempered by thorougl i*Loia j ? ZEXZSSIJJ^^p W^Wr / > '-"'i i\ A M l?|?' C-H Paint Home p irst painting will not last g?| rs, sun, wind and rain all kJ together in an effort to H >eneatK the protecting M :e. Southern climate re- 6^1 9 a Southern-made paint. j|J= jdge Hygrade really pro- pi We will be Dleased to HP color cRarts to you. = :er building and ?p 1epair company fm abbeville, s. c. j&. F- j> r. COOLEDCE & SONS ATLANTA ~\ ===== i / L li H Si / 1 " IPne BS 1 ^ ! f Let I In the Sellers Ki creations. Every eliminated. Con If . lake, for instance, the i - - <?acknowledged the n made in kitchen cabini straining and thetreac : when filling the ordin automatic flour bin d table. Fills with ease, t Then there's the Autor you open the lower ci are automatically brou I Altogether there are 1 f never before combine " the Ant-Proof Casters, W training, he could not tolerate .( slovenness o fthought in others. 5 Whatever he taught, whether Latin, e Algebra, Arithmetic or Geometry, i: he thought .it out anew every time b he went over it. For him no subject ever grew stale, but retained a e perennial charm as a part of uni- t versal truth. His fresh zeal was s I contagious and a boy could not ji help but be inspired with ambition >] to learn. No text-book was covered t by'him merely for the sake of cov_ j. ering it. He taught a subject to j master it and to understand it in all g its relations. He realized that the chief end of education is to prepare for life, not to make^ a living; that it is only through this ability that he can fulfill his , highest function in the world. Stern disciplinarian though he was the most kindly and sympathetic of men. Devotion to duty al. ways won immediate recognition from him. Ever ready to help honest effort, he was by nature utterly intolerant of sham. The recalcitrant or discouraged boy aroused his special interest, and many a one has been awakened W him to a realization of the dignity of work J and accomplishment. i No teacher ever held the esteem < of his earnest pupils more than he. < And a better testimonial of this es- ] teem could not be mentioned than < the fact that when two pupils of Mr. Banks meet, there is immediate- J ly a bond between them. Each 1 knows that a man could not have 1 come into contact with such a rare j' -mt_ r> i._ :n i l I i I spirit as m:, duiiks wituuut uetum- ' ing a better man, without having '< learned to love and reverence man hood and the truth. Dr. E. S. Joynes,'- on the last 1 Js Show You T tchen Cabinet are found tl want is anticipated?eve le in and we will demonstn fThe cBest Servant > ! Automatic Lowering Flour Bin lost important improvement ever v sts. All the dangerous lifting afrd :herous chair cjimbing necessary ary flour bin is eliminated. This rops down level with the work hen quietly slips back into place. natic Base Shelf Extender. When jpboard door, the pots and pans ight within easy reach. > vitally necessary improvements d in any cabinet. These include " , which cost us $10,000 a year L A. Calve Christmas before his death, sentl Ir. Banks a card, which he cherishd till the last. It bore the simple | nscription: "From the oldest to the est teacher in Soath Carolina." j. |l By the death of this great teach- j r and bighearted man, the State,; j * i . -l i_ i _ i ' o wnicn ne aevoiea a long- me ox j acrifice and toil, has lost one of \ ts most loyal and useful citizens. |! To him if to anybody may be fit- \ ingly applied the words of a poet j j ie knew and appreciated: "Exegi.j nonumentum aere perennius."? >. C. Education. 4 ASPIRIN * Name "Bayer" on Genuine Id W "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" is jenuine Aspirin proved safe by nillions and prescribed by physi5ians for over twenty years. Acsept only an unbroken "Bayer package" which contains proper iirectipns to relieve Headache, roothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain, i Handy tin box of 12 tablets cost' few cents. Druggists also sell larger 'Bayer packages." Aspirin is trade nark Bayer Manufacture Monoiceticacidester of Salicylicacid. I ... . , In Japan the total bill is put at :he top and the item beneath. liese Convenie: tie utmost in convenience? ry last possible effort and ite these extra convenience SKTICH CABINl in Your House" more than ordinary casters ?? underneath our Sanitary Porcelir< beautiful Oil Hand-Rubbed Fi^w ?and many others which entail of over $ 100,000 each year. I T Tnsienal tknncrli if mav the pensive Cabinet, It costs no moi good cabinet The extra feature the Sellers factory. There are conveniences you hay< never found. Now you can hav gladly arrange terms of payment Why delay ? jrt and Soi One home in every two in th( rural districts of Ontario has t I?1 C n riri n n rinnnn n I'-JiJiJiliiLliUiJ ill iLJiJoiJi. | Hail ? ? ij Never before have c] 51 and never have conc 13 er small grain crop [ | year. | J Never before have y i j ed per acre?as mui [j lose. [! Are you going to be Z | to "take a chance" ' [ J We Would advise yc [ 1 We would advise yc i | with HAIL INSUF [ { Better come in toda; I j late is to be lost?oi Si Phone 329?we will I [] CITIZENS INSUR. [| S W. D. Wilkii i K Abbev i ?r ii ii mm I ^ '* X WM I *.' . ? '! . - , Mlg ' I' ^ 1 ! ? 35 I l i II , ill h . v I ( " '! I H 3JI I I W . ; . I aces 1 ? u i9 due to Sellers ; . needless move {$$$ is found only in r EN JfpQ J ITS i H *' r -V-v-J 1 * f "! )ust-Proof Base-Top an Work Table?the sh?a $9,750 feature . i an added expense \ . - v Sellers is not an cxe than any ordinary n. s are contributed by ; always wanted, but ' M e them all. We will I to suit your income. I ,' ' .'iff is :'M ; (telephone, and about one! farm out - < \ ; 11 of everp four has an automobile.(ail Hail | \ j; . * I ' 2 * rops looked any better, j 3 litions favoreda bump-1; J. any better than this jfi I ou had as much invest- [ j zh to win or as much to [ j .1 sure, or are you going j j with HAIL? | i >u to act safely. [ 3 >u to protect your crop [ j tANCE. a y and see us?to be too i; ' if you will call us up- [ 1 I call to see you at once {2 i! A.NCE & TRUST CO. ffi ison, Manager. ffi ille, S. C. S mmnnmnnni'imnnni * * ' t : 11