Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-23
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.


Raleigh, JAN 23-The Coach Hunk
Anderson affair was plunked back in
to the limelight here today as a re-
suit of the circulation of copies of
the minutes of the meeting of the
executive committee Of the board of
trustees of the University of North
Carolina as Of June 4, 1884, contain
ing the recommendations for the re-
organization of the Athletic Council
for State College, and which were
adopted and approved at that meet
ing. These minutes show without
any doubt that Coach Heartley w.
(Hunk) Anderson was duly reelected
coach at State College for one year
by the Athletic Council, that he is
now head football coach at State for
the coming year, and that President
Frank Graham of the Greater Univer-
sity exceeded his authority and dis
regarded the plan of organization as
adopted by the executive committee
of the board of trustees in it's meet
ing of June 4, 1884, in refusing to ap-
prove the new one-year contract for
Anderson and declaring his job va
cant, according to State College alum
nj and members Of the university}who
have been studying these minutes.
The plan of organization for the
State College Athletic Council, as con-
tanned in the minutes of this meeting
specifies that the council shall be
composed of ten members, as follows:
four from the faculty, three alumni, to
be elected by the alumni association,
two students and the vice-president,
since designated as the Administra-
tive Dean of State College. 1t further
specifies that the four faculty MEM
bers shall constitute the faculty COM
mittee on athletics and thhat @the
faculty committee, in conference with
the vice president administrative
DEAN shall have vote power over all
acts of the Athletic Council"
There is nothing in the plan of or
ganization as approved by the exc
cutive committee of the board Of
trustees of the University, giving the
president of the Greater University
any authority to veto any action TAX
en- by the State College Athletic Coun-
Gil or giving the faculty council any
authority over the actions of the ath-
letic council, it is pointed out. Con-
sequently, President Graham ignored
the plan of organization as set up by
the executive committee Of his own
board of trustees in overruling the
Athletic Council, with the result that
his action in refusing to approve the
new one-year contract for Coach An
derson was invalid, which in turn
means that Anderson is still head
football coach and will be until jan
uary 1, 1888, it is contended here.
It is understood that President Ora
ham maintains he acted under author
ity given him in the revised Graham
Plan" or 1886 conference rules and
regulations, giving the president of
a member university authority to veto
the selection of a coach by the ath-
letic council or other agency charged
with this duty. But it is maintained
by State College alumni and others,
including a number of lawyers, that
the action by the board of trustees
and it's executive committee is more
binding than any action by the South
ern Conference, and that hence Pres
ident Graham did not have authority
to set aside the action of the State
College Athletic Council, as he did in
nc Hunk Anderson case few weeks