Lawrence, Kansas November 17, 1938. Professor Paul Re Washke, School of Physical Education, University of Oregon, Bugene, Oregone Dear Professor Washke: This will acknowledge your kind favor ef the 2nd instante Yes, I em aware of the meeting of the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, to be held in San Francisco the week of April 5«6, 1939. I was present last year at ani convention, end I am hoping to attend the convention at I have a brother who is Major in the ReO.T.C. at Stanford University, and since John Bum, one of my old players is at Stanford University, and Brutug Hemilton, our former track coach is at the — University of California at Berkeley, I had hoped to get to the coast to renew my fine friendships theree — It would be a pleasure for me to appear as a speaker at one of the sessions of the men's athletic sestion for this convention, ae at all possiblee You are doubtless aware that I am chairman of the Research Committee of the National Basketball Rules Comittee, as well as being the Mfth District Representative from our section. As head | of the Department of Physical Education here 1 am interested especially in the durable angle of physical education.as it relates to basketball = as a game and not.as a sporte If I made a contribution I would want 4% to be one that would be worth while from this standpoint. At the same time, I realize that there must be enough spice in it to make it _ interesting. . . Doubtless you are acquainted with my new text, "Better Basket- ball". You perhaps have it in your library, and I would like for you to sean over that and then suggest some topic you think would be attractive, and yet would have enough meat in it to be considered from an angle of physical educations. I have always beon happy to make any sort of contribution either to the sport of basketball or to the program of physigal educae — tion, but since dues are paid into the organization by all of us, and