The Original Library

     According to an account by our founder, Mr. J. Paul Cooper,  on two separate occasions Mr. Darlington gave 500 books of the school's choosing to the original library  and  also established a fund to purchase additional books. At his death in 1920, another 1000   books were bequeathed from his estate to the school library.  In the early 1920's  the collection totaled approximately 3000 books in all, making him the major benefactor to the early library of the school. The 1923-1924 bulletin proudly announced that from a recent report made of the libraries of the Seventh District, Georgia, The Darlington Library ranked highest  in the number and character of its books. This picture of an Honor Council meeting in the library in Old Main was taken in the early 1920s after the school had moved to the DeSoto Park site.