The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-30
TssE KEW. IN. ls0OPER.

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Weiiaye received from u gentleman
closely connected with Dir. Hooper certaii
notes Of l.is life and character, tlicoutliie'
Of which We briefly fiIinp, regretting thai
want space will prevent that fall tribuis
tu one 50 worthy Of venerltioh Of the
scholar and the christian.
The Rev. William Hooper was born IN
Wilmington on the 3lst Of Aug. 1902, and
was the SON OF William and Helen HDi,cr
and was Il grandson Of William Hooper,
one Of The signcrs Of Tic Dcclariiionas III.
Dependence. Ills maternal grandfather
was JanessFiogg, II Scotch gentleman OF
culture, who was for some years Secretary
Of the Board Of Trustees Of The University
OF North Carolina. His fathers family ~.
moved from Wilmington to Hillsboro
about tho year 1900. Here he was placed
under the instruction Of the Rev. DIR.
Finn, u learned but eccentric Presbyterian
Clergyman whose zeal al Il scholar and
whose energy as tliscIplnarian made d
lasting impression upon tho minds vi his
pupils.
His preparation for college was coni-
pleted under MIR. Richard Henderson. the
lica,iofthc University Preparatory school.
At the age Of sixteen he received his dee
gree OF A. ID. from The University. The
course OF classical study was at that time
very nieagrc. but the enthusiasm OF the
young student bound lin to his studies,
aud imbue,l his mind with the spirit 81
tile Augustan writer's. Ills days, and III
most his nights, were devoted to these
masters.
Having become mi instructor Ia the
University SOON after graduation, Inc
spent thirty years of the prime Of his life,
with short Intervals, Us professor in that
Institution and IN the South Carolina
College al Columbia. and AS President 81
Wake Forest College IN this State. After
scvciing his connections with those i'm
s.iiulions, lie spent many yeaisin teaching
in different schouls Of high grade.
During his whole mature life, DIR.
Hooper has been known asa writer o.
literary ard religious subjects. In tl,e
former department. llis A,i,lress before The
Literary Societies OF the University, and
that before lie Alumni AssociatioiImI the
occasion ofthc visitnf President buchanan
III 1859 are best known. and elected The
commentator of the most cultivated
both OF these addresses were marked
with that deep sympathy with the young
which was one ~ mis- most pleasing and
marked characteristics. lie loved tllciI
societ, ami made hi.nsclf agreeable to
them 10y playful humor, and by the
spriglltly eiI,Isions Of his pen.
His religious contributions totlIe press,
lis essays Oh educational subjects, aud Ills
sermons OF special occasions have, IL il be
Iieyed, excited no small influence on the
minds AID hearts Of his generation. Faith
fnl to his convictions Of truth, hc was the
unvaryimg advocate ~ true catholicity'
IIe sacrificed his early prospects 81 pro-
nloiion 10 his conscientious scruples. and
showed him,sclfreauy in later life, TO incln
any amount of denomnationai odiun ia
maintaining The true principles .. chris.
tian charity.
DR.. Hooper died NJ Chapel I'm on tllS
morning of the l2tli INST, very soonafterbi'
return from Philadelphia when the vigoi
~ his mind. ;hc sprightIincss 81 his hunloI
am,l tic strength ~ liis physical llower
seemed u promise ycans more Of health
and useiuincss. 10 was within few week.
o. being 81 years old.