University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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O rorg? tr hrna. ORX in Guilford County. April 8tli, 1873. of Quaker ancestry, son of Addison and Lydia Lambeth Ste]jhens. Prepared for college at Oak- Ridge Institute. Entered the I ' ni versify of North Carolina in 1892 and was graduated with the degree of Ph. B., in 1896. While at the l ni- versity, Mr. Stephens was president of the Young Men ' s Christian Association, president of the Athletic Association, undergraduate member of the Athletic Advisory Committee, member of the Dialectic Literary Society, the Sigma Xu Fraternity, and the Order of Gimghouls. The religious earnestness of Mr. . Stephens was blended with a frank and hearty interest in every phase of student life. His practical Christianity exerted the best influence, because he was as diligent in business as he was fervent in spirit. His services were effective because he put businesslike methods into the students ' religious organization, and helped us to see that Christianity and manliness are one. Mr. Stephens stands as the advocate of i)ure athletics in the University. His mere presence on the field was an assurance of a clean game. He made the varsity baseball team in his I ' reshman year and for four years was the life of the team. . s a pitcher, he had few superiors. His reputation was more than local. W ' lien the baseball team of the Cniversitx of ' irginia entered the games with Vale, Harvard, and others at tlie World ' s l- air in i8(j6, the Mrginia team borrowed Mr. Stephens, and lie won e erv game he i)itched, placing Mrginia second. On the football team Mr. Stephens was an ideal halfback — one of the strongest and most aggressive players that ever represented the University. Since graduating, he has represented the University as a member of the .Arbitra- tion Committee in settling intercollegiate differences regarding athletics. In i8ij6 Mr. Stephens located in Charlotte and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In k go he efifecled the organization of the Piedmont Realty Company, a real estate cor])oration, of which he is now vice-president and director. In 1901 Mr. Stephens was interested in organizing the Southern States Trust Company, a banking institution, and was elected vice-president. In 1902 he was elected to the office of president, and now gives his time to the duties of the position. The Southern .States Trust Company is an organization of the