100 Alice Dr.
Abbeville, S.C. 29620
October 30, 1995

Dr. Constantine Curris
Office of the President
201 Sikes Hall

Clemson University
Clemson, S.C. 29633

Dear Dr. Curris:

As a parent of two Clemson graduates and an eight year member of
IPTAY I feel obligated and uniquely qualified to voice a serious
concern. While the discussions concerning the Carolina Panthers?
use of our stadium were going on I had some concerns but having
professional football in "Death Valley" sounded appealing. Later
as the serving of alcohol issue surfaced I continued to be
silent. 

During the "Georgia Game" there were two Georgia fans in our
seating area, who being highly intoxicated, had to be cuffed and
taken out of the stadium by deputies. In all our years at
Clemson games my wife and I had never experienced an incident of
this kind. This incident and my daughter-in-law's recent support
of the efforts of Rev. Ron Singleton has reminded me that I have
been negligent; I should have gotten involved from the beginning.

Clemson is founded in tradition and has always stood for family
values. We made a mistake by allowing professional football with
the sale of alcohol into our stadium. It has jeopardized our
traditions and values. Alcohol has no place in any event on our
campus and should never be allowed into "Death Valley" or
Littlejohn.

Please use your influence in the future to protect our great fans
and our young people from these kinds of things. I am sure you
can agree that money is not everything. We must never sacrifice
the traditions and the good name of CLEMSON.

Thank you in advance for your concerns and support.

Sincerely,

i~ 

Fred L. Lewis, Jr.