JAYHAWK REBOUNDS
No. 9

June 12, 1944

 

Dear Fellow Jayhawkers:

Lieut, and Mrs. Ole Nesmith just dropped in the office to say hello and good-
by. Ole has been stationed in the South Pacific area for fourteen months. He is
on a 15 day furlough and is reporting to Liberator Training Unit, NAS, Hutchinson,
Kansas, until further orders. Ole looks in first class fighting condition - down
to his old football training days. It was good to see both Mrs. Nesmith and Ole.
We remembered moeting Mrs. Nesmith in New York when our basketball team was play-
ing in the Garden. Sle was formerly Miss Emily Lomb.

Lieut. and Mrs. Charles Black also called on us 0 week ago. We had a splendid
visit and Charlie looks like a million, = finely conditioned and with an addition-
al confidence that made him look like a tough combat adversary. Charlie was des-
tined for the Will Rogers Field at Oklahoma City. He left here last Monday,
arrived there Thursday and took his tests. They did 50,000 feet in altitude,
among other things, and bofore he knew it he was on his way to Coffeyville. He
is to fly a P38 Photo Reconnaisance, and the grapevile tells us that he is doggone
disappointed because there isn't a gun on the ship and he wanted to do some shoot-
ing, but they do say that his ship is the fastest thing out of this world.

Charlie will be taking pictures and shooting other things than machine gune,
but I'll bet his performance is as good in the air as it was on the. backboards
and reboundse Good luék, Charlie!

battens. Sonnet visiter at the office was Major E. R. "Eddie" Elbel, a member

_ of our Physical Education staff who is now on leave for'military service. Major

Elbel has just completed a two months course in New York City at the Institute for
Crippled and Disabled, and has written a manual on exercise for the use of men in
the rehabilitation programe Major Elbel's new assignment is in research in the
school of aviation medicine at Randolph Fiold. Dr, Peter Karpovitch, a former
classmate of Major Elbel's at Springfield College, Mass., is also associated with
him in this important rehabilitation work.

Already the fighting Jayhawker K men are doing something about the second
generation of athletes at the University of Kansas. Ensign and Mrs, J. Fred Harris
report the birth of Michael Frederick, weight 8 lbs. 9 oz., on May 26, in Kansas
City. Freddie was our star quartorback on the football team in 1933, '54 and '55,
vying with Ad Lindsay as one of the most versatile spiral punters of a long line
of Kansas gridiron kickers. Also, Ensign and Mrs. Howard Engleman announce the
birth of an 8 lb. 8 oz. son, Howard Dodge Engleman. ' Howard-was on the varsity
basketball teams of 1939, '40, and '41, and broke my scoring record of 27 points
when he scored 29 points in a Big Six game.

So Kansas will not need to worry about her oncoming future greats in an
athletic way. Congratulations to both the Englemans and the Harrises. Long may
they live and prosper!