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December £7, 1940.

 

Dr. Deane W. Malott, Chancellor
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

bear Dr. Malott:
This letter may seem a bit unusual to yOu, but the

‘ circumstances prompting it are in my mina considerably
out of the ordinary.

 

A few days ago we hac the pleasure of entertaining
Director F. C. Alien and his basketball squad enroute

to the East. This particular phase of the situation

is certainly not unusual because during the year many
athletic teams ranging from Y. M. C. A. squads to those
of the Big Ten Conference stay at the Michigan Union.
The angle that 1 wish to comment upon is this. During
the many years that 1 have been associatea with the
Michigan Union, 1 have never come in contact with a
finer group of boys. It has been our experience that
visiting athletic teams are the greatest souvenir huntérs
in the world. So often we fina it necessary to check
through their luggage before they leave the building

and frequently we have to write to the coaches or
athletic directors and ask for the return of articles
which have been picked up.

 

The boys from your university were extremely courteous,
very well behavec and when they checkea out in the
morning every towel was neatly folded ana left at the
bottom of each bed. The bathroom and showers were

not in disorder; in fact, another team could almost
have stepped into the room without any cleaning or maida
service. ,

It is my observation that college students are very
apt to adopt the qualities, good or bad, which their