The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-01-28
}NOI-S 1 NORTH CAROLiNItNS
nuEENIINENT MEN NORTH CAR
DJISl HAS PRODECED.
: Short sketch Cf the Lat" j. DE cHernIere
Iinougr Professor ofETeek in the 4 nj
,.,.ity of North Carolina.

81 4 short Sketch OF the t.itt' .
I5uopGI. Professor OF Greek III The ! III
q ,rr-ify OF North Carolina.
special Cor. STATE CHRoNICLE.
g .labu DeFcruicre Hooper, late Professor
~ Greek III the University Of North Caro-
il. Was born in Wilmington, September
"a 1871 Ills father was Archibald Mae
I'm SON of George Hooper, who vas Il
#i1r,fler Of the William Hooper, Signer, Of
IT, Declaration Of independence Archi-
8baId Maclauc Hooper was the (matelnab
8,r;,rd-on Of Archibald Maclainc. consplc-
SIlou, among the Revolutionary patriots,
#aud one Of the first Trustees Of the mi
ycr,ity. his name being now preserved in
"a tablet in University Memorial Hall
Prof lIoopcrs mother was Charlotte
DcI;erniere, daughter of Col. John Defer
Ilicre " no came TO this country late in lie
last century, at the same time with Col. Ed
ward Jones Both were of atrcian lin
cage in the "old country. he iioopers
were people of fortune but lost their estate
/ while their children were still young John
DeI;eruicrc being then II school III VII
mu4tan, had given such promise Of talent
and industry that his cousin, Mrs. Eliza
2b.th Walters dong 4 resident Of Hills
Ilorol daughter Of William Hooper, the
siguer insisted OH detraying his expenses
al the | nIycraIty.
lie graduated III the year 1880 with
#lighe-t honors being assigned the Latin
#yaedietory. Among his classmates were
#Ilon. Vim F. Webb, of Alabama, Judge
81 me> Grant, of Iowa. the late Rev Ihos.
SGNea. of North Carolina, the late Hon
Jacob Thompson, of Memphis, Rev. Wm
S;elr. ol Heading, Pa, etc, etc.
Nr Hooper having chosen the profcs
ssiy,. of teaching, he was elected to serve
in the University Immediately after grad
snntlng. first IS Tutor and then as Profcs-
81 sor Of the Latin and Greek languages.
I'M bee. 1881 he secured ms domestic
3 happiness by marriage with Mary Eliza
s beth. daughter of our late reyered and be
l0yed Eev. DIR. W.n. Hooper, a grandson
S OF the ~Igner, and one of the most finished
land elegant scholars, writers and preach
#er, whom North Carolina has to boast of.
Ot this lady who survives him, 1t may not
be- proper 10 say more than that III char
arttr and requirements she IS worthy OF
q her lineage, and that their union has been
q III all these years, most happy and congo
znial Four children of the marriage sur
svlye: Hclen C., widow of the late James
Wills, of Chapel Hill; Francis, wife OF
#Spicr Whitaker, Esq, Of Raleigh; Julla,
8 wife of Prof. Graves, of Chapel Hill, and
81 Mr.. Henry Hooper, Of Edenton, who mar
rcd Miss Jessie Wright.
Prof Hooper taught III the University
til 1873 resigning his ProfesSorShlp IN
that scar and removing TO Warren county,
Eherc he taught a school for boys till 1860.
IL hea lac removed to Fayetteville and took
charge 81 the Female Academy till 1866,
Ehen he went to Wilson aId was Princi-
pa Of the Female Collegiate Seminary nine
wears Upon the reorganization Of the
University in 1873, being invited to the
char of the Greek and French Languages,
b. returned to his old home in Chapel
Hill, rejoicing TO assist III the establish
mont ana rcviying reputation of his alma
mater i'll failing health warned him to re
sign aiI earthly cares and interests.
he events of a scholars life are ordl-
narilv few Whatever had been Prof.
Hoopcr's vocation he would have stunned
conspicuouS action, noise or gllttlr. Ills
mind was of the finest fibre, his tastes, nat
ulaii3 elegant, were refined by careful
study accurate scholarship and intimate
Communion with the best minds OF all
ages The cool sequcstered vale had
charms for him which no dusty highway
coQ!d afford, and he was content with that
fccogniton Of his high attainments and OF
h services to North Carolina which he
found in the constantly increasing love and
yeneration of his fellow citizens in every
sectIou.
am permitted to extract the following
Dtttul nun )dSStt1t from Il llotc W NllttNil ~
President Battle to Mrs Hooper. which
giges in brief the estimate held Of Prot
Hooper b5 al his colleagues:
''>ince 1913 have regarded him as one
of Tie most nearly perfect characters
have known. | am indebted to him fOl
hi noble example. for his excellent teach
insS, for his firm friendship, for his wist
and candid counSels, for his co-operatlo'
prudent, sagacious cordial, with me in II y
office, for his shining Christian virtues
am always consistent action IN the patti
of duty"
This slight sketch of most pure an(
noble life, a life emphatically ,shd witt
Christ would be incomplete if | left un
mentioned the free flowing charity and lib
crafty that marked it. Tothe worthy poor
to the sick and suffering, Prof. Hooper
hear was ever oren. His liberality wa
Bounded only by his means. An admlrabl
Christian gentleman has departed fror
amongst us, one Of the old school, WhCr
The keeneSt sense of honor, the finest, mos
chivalrous code of action and the highes
refnements Of culture are never found II
compatible with strict attention TO tn
plainest duties of life.
.......' His life was gentle
And he Clements 50 mixed in him thai n;
tu might stand UP
< a sly all the world THIS WAS A NAN
c. p. ).
Chapel Ill., January 26 1856.