Archibald was the Headmaster of 'Heath Grammar School', Halifaxfrom 1887 until his death in 1908. Archie must have been held inhigh esteem because a memorial tablet was unveiled in Halifax Parish Church on the 16th April, 1910, two years after his death, The inscription is in Latin and the translation reads as follows: 'In pious memory of Archibald William Reith, M.A., the restorer and for more than twenty years the Headmaster of the ancient school of Heath, who, when it had been empty of pupils and had even been closed for four years, took it under his care in the year of our Saviour, 1887, and by his untiring labours and unwavering fidelity administered it with such devotion that, when at length having fulfilled his task was snatched away by death in the year of Our Saviour, 1908, he left it to his successors pre-eminent for thenumber of his pupils, for the greatness of its distinction, andabove all for the courtesy of its manners, this monument waserected by his pupils, his colleagues and his friends, as a token of their grief, in the year of Our Saviour, 1910.'