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Professor Stacy was born at Rutherford College, in Burke County, North Carolina, May 12, 1877. In 1899, he entered the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1902 with the degree of Ph. B. During his college days he had made an enviable record as a student and as a leader in the thought-life of the campus. He won membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Society, was noted as a debater and public speaker of unusual power, was senior president of his Class, and winner of the Wiley P. Mangum medal for oratory at his graduation. In thinking of Professor Stacy and what he meant to the University, one inevitably thinks of our other lost leader, the late President Graham ; first, because their names were inseparably linked together in the admini- strative affairs of the University ; and second, because — tho unlike enough — the two possessed so many abilities and qualities in common. Both were masters of the problems of student-life ; both were successful inter- preters of the University ' s ideals — not only to students, but to the people of the State who never saw its campus ; both were teachers of remark- able inspiration and power ; both were gifted public speakers ; both were endowed with a passion for fair play and square dealing; both possessed unusual qualities of leadership among young men. As President and Dean under the new regime, they labored together, planned together, and died almost together. Their names will be linked together in the history of the institution they served with such rare ability and devotion. O, strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force Surely has not been left vain. Somewhere surely, afar. In the sounding labor-house vast Of being, is practiced that strength. Zealous, beneficent, firm. — N. W. Walker
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war basis. This fact had brought problems that were new in University administration — problems that were both perplexing and vexing. The institution was endeavoring to adjust its machinery and to regulate its regimen in accordance with the new demands. In a few days came the signing of the armistice; then the demobiliza- tion of the Students ' Army Training Corps; and these quickly followed by new difficulties incident to a complete reorganization of the institution. During it all, Stacy was meeting the duties of his office and measuring up to every obligation in the same quiet, thorogoing, effective manner that characterized him in all his relations in life. To the satisfaction and the admiration of his colleagues and of the people of the State, he was meeting the responsibilities and guiding the institution forward into the new era of peace that had dawned, when he was stricken down. A North Carolinian of the best type. Professor Stacy embodied in his gentle nature those finer qualities of mind and character which the University would foster in her sons, and fix forever as the guiding prin- ciples of their lives. He was a man of solid Christian character; firm in his convictions, unswerving in his devotion to duty, yet tolerant to a marked degree, liberal-minded, and broad in his sympathies. Professor Stacy was best known to the students of the University as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and it was in this position that his superb qualities of leadership developed. Here he had to deal with numbers of young men day in and day out, year after year, and yet I have never heard of a single student who complained at any one of his decisions. He possessed the rare gift of being able always to look at matters from the student ' s point of view, and of leading the student to see the matter from the larger point of view of the Dean and of the University. The students trusted him, respected him, loved him ; and everyone always knew that in Dean Stacy he had a personal friend who would understand, and that in case of discipline, whatever h is offense might be, before Dean Stacy he would get a fair and sympathetic hearing. Many a boy has pronounced him the whitest man he ever saw. Because of these qualities, President Graham, on more than one occasion, called him an ideal college dean. The State is immensely richer in young manhood because of the life and the labors of Marvin Hendrix Stacy. To test the truth of this assertion, one need but mention the name of Stacy to any University student who came in contact with him within the past ten years, and judge by the response he will get!
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