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In this excerpt from a letter to Dean J.W. Harrelson, NC State alum Parker Rand stated that a winning football team, more so than anything else, was necessary to build school spirit and encourage alumni to continue to support NC State after…

This image shows a North Carolina State football program from a 1935 game with Wake Forest.

This image is of a program for the 1935 football game between North Carolina State and Duke.

Leon Cook, a Professor of Education at NC State College, wrote Dr. Graham to emphasize the importance that should be placed on coaches' moral character

L.J. Herring, an NC State alumni, wrote to Dean Harrelson to express his opinion about the football controversy at NC State. Herring felt that the team should include more players from North Carolina and that these players would be more likely to…

This image shows the North Carolina State football team kicking a field goal during a game.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Highsmith wrote Graham expressing his concern about profanity among college sports, the attitude of coaches, and the educational role athletics should play on campus

In a letter to Dean Harrelson, NC State alum H.W. Taylor expressed his regret that the football controversy at NC State was overshadowing academics, which he felt should be the true focus of a college. He expressed admiration for Davidson football…

The NC State College football team created and signed this petition in favor of retaining Coach Anderson

A receipt showing purchases made by NC State's athletic department at Lewis Sporting Goods,a local business, in 1935