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SOME TRIBUTES TO STORY (Continued from page 1.) should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." No boy ever exemplified more in after life the way in which he was reared than did Romy Story. He was brought up under extreme, though not dogmatic, religious influences, and under these influences and the guidance of a good father and mother he always lived and was as we knew him here at the Universi ty, the same sincere, upright, honest, self-reliant Romy. Every body in his community loved him, for they knew that he was Romy all the time. He was affectionate as a son, loving as a brother, and sincere as a friend. C. B. Spicer. Story, the Gentleman Athlete That a man can be a gentleman on the athletic field as well as upon the campus and in the class room seems to me to have been better demonstrated in the person of our captain who has gone before than in other athlete iu my memory. The most prominent features to be drawn from his life, were, that he was a hard fighter yet a cheer ful loser, ever forgetting the last defeat and always looking toward the victorious future always readv to do that which was right, always working to honorably win. Incrit ical moments he possessed one of the coolest heads ever placed upon human shoulders, never quitting, often defeated, but never conquered I candidly believe him to have been one of the cleanest athletes that ever trod upon any gridiron or circled the bases of any diamond; in fact it would be the height of im possibility to think of old Romy as any other than in the superlative of everything that is laudable. If we are to be judged by a higher power according to our good deeds, manner of living and uprightness in every walk of life, surely, this man, whom we all loved as much as one man is capable of loving anoth er, will share measureless blessings to infinity. Floyd Simmons. one of wonderful development: He I was miserably prepared for the university. Jtie, unfortunately, had 'no High School training. And ' what little preparation he did have was given him in a crude, unsystem 'atic manner. Hence, he entered 'college handicapped. Naturally 'then, we find him for the first year, 'groping in darkness, feeling his way into the vast, varied problems of the student's life, In his Soph omore year light began to penetrate the blackness. He "found himself" and the remainder of his college life; as a student, though not brilliant, was all that could be expected or hoped for. He was practical, not theoretical a student rather than a book-worm. For two years I played with Romy Story. No profane or un worthy word ever passed his lips and no questionable act was ever associated with his name. He was the squarest, whitest, most gentle manly athlete I have ever known. Story was one of those rare char acters, whom you meet in college, j who never change. His every act was as pure as the air of his own native mountains. Fearless, self sacrificing, modest, true as steel, he was a man whom we all love to call our friend. Success and pop ularity never changed him wheth er a crude, rugged Freshman or a college hero he was the same ol'd Romy, Coming from a victory over some other great University, crowned a hero and a Carolina idol, he sought his old mountain friends and here he was content and satis fied. He sleeps in peace on the old mountain side at whose foot he learned the lessons of childhood. He is gone from us for a while, yet let us all look with unfaltering confi dence and abiding faith to that fut ure day when we shall meet him in the Great University of Eternity. R.'S. Stewart. Perseverance the Secret of Story's Success. the face of rebuffs and discourage ment, he worked away, learning a lot about the rules of athletics and gradually bringing himself into fine physical trim. He studied hard the rules of the games: he worked hard to put what he had learned into practiceand he kept his body up to the highest notch physically by shunning every form of vice and dissipation. It is said by those who know that he had practically no bad habits. To a man who worked and plan ned for success in this way, success was bound to come. And it came to Story. When he returned to college in his sophomore year, he easily made the football team. In his junior year he succeeded in ma king himself indispensable to both the football and baseball teams. In his senior year he was captain of j the football team, commanding the most loval support of some of the very men who had refused to play under him when he was a freshman. Had he returned to college this year, he would have been captain of both the football and baseball teams. Story's career here was a suc cessful one. He started out with out any prospect ana his career proved brilliant, because he worked hatd, because he lived a clean life and because he kept his head in the midst of success. His life should be a force for good in this Universi ty as long as his memory is cherish ed; for his career was a living ex ample of what perseverance can do in the face of obstacles and what a man of character should do in the face of defeat. J. J. Parker. Spalding Athletic Goods Always pass because they are kept up to the mark and never fall below the official standard. Recognized univer sally as best for athletes. SEND FOR THESE BOOKS NOW TEN CENTS PER COPY. No. 538. .Group XVI Muscle Building. Bv iiiflf. N. Y. Piihlin Snhnnla No. 27. Group XII College Athletics. Bv TUT I AM 1 i.L H 1 . V ivi.. j. luurpuy, me weu-Known Atnlectic Trainer, now with TTniv. rf Pnn No. 246. Group XII Athletic Training for il 1 t J I t tTl V . ouuooiuoys. ueo. w. urton, oi the Univ. of Peuu., and a famous athlete himself. A oodv of our coinnltttfi catalomm nf n.klafin goods will be mailed upon request. MAIL ORDER DEPT., ft. G. SPALDING & BROS. 149 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 126 Nassau St.. New York. ODE LL HARDWARE CO,, Hardware and Mill Supplies GREENSBORO - - - N. 0 Eubanks Drug Company, Prescription Specialists, CHAPEL HILL. NORTH CAROLINA UNEXCELLED is our line of Tobaccos and Cig-ars. N EW line of Huyler's Candies just received. OUNT on us to fill your pre scriOtions promptly. One of Nature's Noblemen. I wish to add my tribute to the memory of Romy Story. Quiet, selfTcontained, manly; he stood for the highest and best in University life. He was faithful in the per formance of every duty and dealt straihtly with the work and prob lems which faced him. Uprig-ht. honest, true, he was every inch a man one of nature's noblemen. We shall miss him in our life here and my sympathy goes out to those who also mourn him in his quiet mountain home. Francis P. Venable Story as 1 Knew Him. I" first met Romy Story at the University in the fall of 1903. I last saw him in Charlotte about the middle of August past. For these four years I had known him as a student, an athlete and a friend Knowing him intimately in these phases of college life, I say without hesitation: the University shall not see his like again. A,s a student Story's career was Romy Story's career in college was a career successful because .it was persevering. Those of us who have been here longest know that Story was not always the hero of the diamond and the gridiron. When, fresh from his native moun tains, he entered the University four years ago, not even his friends suspected that he would be the idol of the student body, having made the most brilliant athletic record in the memory of the University. As a freshman, he was a man of only ordinary strength and stature, un couth in appearance and reserved in his manners. It is interesting to note that he was elected captain of his class baseball team in his fresh man year, and had to resign be cause a large part of his team abso lutely refused to play under him. Here was where the character of the man showed itself. He recog nized that the possibility of the class's getting out a good team de pended on harmony among the play ers. He accordingly resigned and played cheerfully under one of the men who had refused to play under him. Put although Story at this time was not making much of a show, he was laying the foundation of his future athletic success. In Meds Against Hazing. The first year Medical Class at a meeting held Saturday morning immediately after the anatomy lec ture, held a meeting and adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That we as members of the first year Medical Class express ourselves as being opposed to hazing in all its forms, and pledge ourselve not to indulge in hazing of any kind." U.N.e.DrugGo. CALL AT H. H. 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