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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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tchen Cabinet are found tl
want is anticipated?eve
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! 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
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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.
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By the death of this great teach- j
r and bighearted man, the State,; j
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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."?
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ASPIRIN *
Name "Bayer" on Genuine
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"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.
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In Japan the total bill is put at
:he top and the item beneath.
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tie utmost in convenience?
ry last possible effort and
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SKTICH
CABINl
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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.
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pensive Cabinet, It costs no moi
good cabinet The extra feature
the Sellers factory.
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never found. Now you can hav
gladly arrange terms of payment
Why delay ?
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