Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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After receiving his Master’s degree from his Alma Mater, Professor Kline entered the graduate department of the University of Pennsylvania and spent four years in the Classical department, working principally under the direction and instruction of Alfred Gtideman, Ph. D., now of Cornell University. Having had charge of the Latin department since 1896 as Instructor in Latin, Professor Kline, upon the retirement of Dr. Weinberger, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, was in the spring of 1903 elected by the Board of Directors Professor of the Latin Language and Literature and Professor in charge of the Greek Language and Literature. Professor Kline's work, however, is not confined alone to the class-room. He is frequently called upon to fill pulpits and to speak on special occasions in the church and from the platform. Taking an active interest in the various college organizations and a personal interest in the welfare of each student, Professor Kline has made himself a universal favorite around the College. The Christian World shows the esteem in which he is held when it says, “His knowledge of the Latin Language and Literature is complete. He is a hard worker and spares no effort in ministering to the individual needs of students in his departments ” 9

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Rev Whorten A. Kline, A. M., B. D REV. WHORTEN a. KUNE, a. I.. B. I)., Professor of the Latin Language and Literature and Professor in charge of the Greek Language and Literature, was born April 24th. 1864, on a farm on the banks of the Susquehanna River, in York County, Pennsylvania, near the town of Wrights-ville. When a child his parents removed to Adams County and settled near Hanover, where his father engaged in farming and the subject of our sketch entered upon his apprenticeship as an agriculturist. Professor Kline, however, was not destined to become an husbandman, for early in life he took a great liking to books and after passing through the public schools he became a teacher and taught five consecutive terms in the schools of the county and in the district in which his parents resided. During the spring terms of 1883 and 1884, lie was a student in the Millersville State Normal School. For several years thereafter he was engaged in business. Hut his old passion for books and study getting the mastery of him, he left a successful business and entered Edge Hill Institute, Littlestown, Pa., where lie prepared for college under the efficient instruction of the Rev. Prof. Walter E. Krebs, D. D. In the fall of 1890 lie became a sophomore at Ursinus College and three years later was graduated from the Classical Course as Valedictorian of his class. Immediately following his graduation Professor Kline was unanimously elected Instructor in Latin and Greek in Greensburg Seminary, Greensburg, Pa., which position was declined in order that lie might accept an instructorship in Latin in his Alma Mater. In connection with his teaching Latin in the College, he at the same time began the study of theology in Ursinus Theological Seminary, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1896. During the same year he received his Master of Arts degree from the College for work done in Course. In May, 1896, Professor Kline was licensed to preach the Gospel and was at once elected assistant pastor to the Rev. 1-'. S. Lindaman, of the Christ Church Charge, Littlestown, Pa., which position lie still holds, rendering acceptable and efficient service to the church during the vacations and recesses of College. I11 addition to his instructorship in Latin, he was elected in 1896 Instructor in the English Bible in the College. s

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