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Dre Fe Ce Allen |

Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allens sacs : sy

First, I want to thenk you very much for securing for me the tickets to the
Oklahoma Aggie=K.U. games I certainly enjoyed the trip, particularly the
visit with youe Naturally, I regretted the outcome of the game, but from
where I sat no team could have beaten the Aggies that night. Their subse~
quent championship indicated what an outstanding group they ares Certainl
it is no discredit to be beaten by such a great club, in my opinion.

Last week I had a letter from my brother who lives in Richmond, Virginia,
and is one of the partners in a foundry there. He has a son, Bob Trombold,
who is a senior in high school this year and who during the basketball sé
just closed made a very creditable records He was chosen all-city, all-s
and all-district pleying with Thomas Jefferson High at Richmond. He scor
over 150 points from a guard positione His dad tells me that he was an A
and B student and plans to teke up Mechanical Engineering in college.
Naturally, I am interested in seeing him come to KeU. if it can be worked
out that waye His dad would also like to see him come up there since he
was also a former student in the Engineering school at Kansas. However, h
sees a number of obstacles in the way of his coming this far from home to
go to college, particularly since several schools in Virginia have express
special interest in him including Virginia Polytechnic Institute. I don!
like to give up on the idea without exploring all possibilities though,
and I thought you could give me some information as to whether there is a
use trying to encourage an out-of-state boy to come to Kansas in view of
crowded conditions up there both housing and in the school itself. I hav
heard that it might be exceedingly difficult for out-of-state students to
get into the school at all unless they had veteran status or some other ~
special qualification. We would appreciate it if you could give me info
tion concerning this before I go any further toward encouraging him to tr:
to come to Kel. i ee.

Thanks again for taking care of us on the game tickets. I don't suppose
boy, Johnny, will ever have anything thrill him quite as much as the trip
Kansas City, the high point of which was getting to meet you the night of
the game a

  
    

 

Sincerely yours,

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