Lenoir Rhyne College - Hacawa Yearbook (Hickory, NC)

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Ull|p Spu. Prof. HtUtam pnrknpy (Hixm li.S.. i J. WILLIAM [ ' IX ' CKXEY CLIXE, son of Eli navidson Clinc and Eliza Ko ana Starr C ' line, was horn near Xewton, Catawba Comity, X( .rth Carolina, March 21, 1833. His father died in the Civil War in 1863. leaving- a widow and five children. I ' leinc;; the oldest son, the burden of supportinc; his mother ' s family fell largely U])on him. lie remained at home and workeil in the faithful discharge of this responsibilitv till his twentv-first vear. Din-ing that period his educational opportiniities were meagre. He attended the ])uii - public schools a few months each year, read such books as he could find in the communit , and pursued his studies ])rivately in order to secm ' e his ele- mentary education. In Alarch. 1873, he entered I ' atawlia lligli School, now L ' atawlia College, with $33.00 for expenses, and rema ' ned till May, 187.3. During this period young Cline taught a public sch :)ol each winter, keeping up his high school studies pri- vatel) ' — boarded himself, doing his own cooking and often his own washing, and paid his tuit ' on b ' assisting in the l ' rimar Department of tlie lligh School — all along his slender funds being di-. ' iwn upi n heavily for doctor bills and other expenses on acc iunt of much sickness in his mother ' s familv. Ill September, 187.3, he entered Roanoke College with $60.00 for expenses — earned by farm work during vacation. In the fall of 1876, he entered the .Sophomore Class of the L ' niversit ' of North Carolina. He remained there two years, completed the .Si:)phomore, Junior and .Senior years and was graduate(l Jjjiie ( . 1878, with the degree I ' ll. 11. He returned home with $3.00 in cash, one good suit of clothe and $800 in debt. From the fall of 1878 to the end of 1883 he taught Latin and Science in Catawba High .School, Ma Id, 1880, Lnifes Mr W. I ' . Cline married Miss Julia Catherine Host of Xewti.n, . . ( .. with whom he l ' ed happily for 36 years. I le was ordained to the Gospel .AIinistr - in the h angelical Lutheran Church in 1881. . oi ha ing the opportunit} ' of a regular course, the late Dr. .V. J. Fox of Lincolnton, X. C instructed him in Theology. In I ' ebruary, 1884, Rev. Cline accepted a call to a )iastorate of fciur congrega- tions in Davidson County, X. L. Seeing the general neglect of cducatiiin, he at once ojiened a school in a public school building. During the first summer, with the aid of the nieml;)ers, he locateil and liuilt an excellent parsonage in the center of the ])astorate. In the spring of 1883, encouraged by the succei s of his efi ' orts and con inced that the best interests of the Church and community demand ed it, lie decided to establish an academv. . t the end of a two da s camass for funds he returned with ub criptions amounting to $30.00. lie liireil several laborers, went to the woods and with his own hands helped pre])are the timber — offered by a Methodist friend — for the foundation. I lis members saw that he meant business and came to his rescue. The building was completed in December, 1883, at a cost of SI, 100.00, of which (. he himself furnished $340.00, and the scho(.)l wa opened under the name Holly Grove Academy. Here the Rev. I ' rof. Cline taught with great success till the close of 1891. The school was a b ' .esshig to the Church and community, having educated quite Piit r Fiiiir