Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Rev. W. P. Cline Mrs. V. P. Cline Rev. Prof. William Pinckney Cline, Ph.B., D.D. Professor Emeritus of Latin and History Ph.B., University of North Carolina; D.D., Lenoir College, 191 3 ; Founder and Principal of Holly Grove Academy, near Lexington, N. C, 1884-1891; Professor of Latin and History, Lenoir College, 1S91-1901; Professor Emeritus since 1924. The above pictures of Professor and Mrs. Cline were made while they were in charge of Holly Grove Academy. In the founding and op erating of the academy and Lenoir College the labors and sacrifices of these two loyal workers have made a great and lasting contribution to the religious and educational uplift and development, not only of this section, but of the entire South, for all of which they are most worthy to be held in appreciative remembrance. The Senior Class and the entire college finds a special fitness and pleasure in thus honoring them.

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Home of Professor Robert L. Fritz There is no man on our faculty who is so much a part and parcel of the very heart and soul of the college as Dr. R. L. Fritz. When it was launched here at Hickory, he was the young and distinguished professor of mathematics. For eighteen years he was its hard-worked and sacrificing presi dent, giving unstintinglv the best that was in him of brain and blood for its growth and development. Under his painstaking man- agement it grew from a small institution to one of recognized standing and A grade rating. No man ever connected with the college has a larger circle of real friends and admirers than he. H a 19

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The Cline Gymnasium ' l ' his splendid new building has been named most fittingly in hnnnr and perpetual remembrance of the Rev. Prof. William Pinckney Cline, Ph.B., D.D. In the growth and development of the Southern Lutheran Church during his generation, Or. Cline has had, as pastor, educator, and leader, a most valuable part, lie was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1878 and entered the gospel ministry in 1SS1. He founded Holly Grove Academy near Lexington, N. C, in 1884, and as principal of the same for seven years, by his work of inspiration and education among a large group of young men and young women, set in motion forces and influences that have transformed the county and the entire section. Or. Cline is one of the four ministers — Voder, Cline, Moser, Crouse — who, in 1891, put up the $10,000.00 necessary to secure the present valuable site of our college. He was the business man of this group and did hard and successful work as financial agent during the first years of the college. The encomium pronounced by those who know is that without the toil, sacrifice and loyalty of Dr. Cline Lenoir College would not have been built, and that Dr. and Mrs. Cline have con- tributed more to the college in proportion to what they had than anyone else. The ent ire constituency of the college rejoice that this beautiful building has been named for Dr. Cline and that he has been elected professor emeritus of Latin and History in Lenoir-Rhyne College for life. The Cline Gymnasium is the first building erected in President Peery ' s administration, and with the new athletic field makes our athletic situation equal to the best in the state. The grand play hall is 100 feet bv 60 feet and 22 feet high. In the basement are provisions for swimming pool, baths, lockers, offices, store- rooms, etc. The third floor has accommodations for sixtv men.