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

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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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KEMP PLUMMER BATTLE DECEMBER 19. 1831 FEBRUARY 4. 1919