Sept. 11, 1941

Chancellor Deane W. Malott
Frank Strong Hell
Cempus

Dear Chancellor Malott,

I am sending you a letter signed by Miss Yosford which has to do
with dates that conflict with our basketball practise in the
auditerium. I dislike to bother you with these details, but it
seems to me it is necessary under the circumstances.

When Senator Snyder of the Ways and Means Committee asked the
legislature for an auditorivm the measure wes defeated. Then,

two years later, Senator Snyder again asked the legislature for an
appropriation for a basketball court and an auditorium, and the —
appropriation was made. Since the auditorium has been built we.
have practised on Monday, Thursdey, and Friday eat 3:30. On Saturday
there are no afternoon music classes and we practise at 5 o'clock.
The School of Fine Arts has retained Tuesday an@ Wednesday for their
work in the auditorium in orchestra, glee club, and organ. It seems
only fair that basketball should have two months of the year-January
and FPebruary-wherein the boys can become accustomed to the courte
Concert and lecture courses, when scheduled, rightfully prevent

our practises, but other activities such as ours, should not encroach
upon other domains. Things have now taken guch @ turn that I respect-
fully ask you, as I have asked Chancellor Lindley heretofore, te
permit us to return to the gymnasium for our basketball games for
this yeer and in the futurée

Kenses State plays their regularly scheduled ganes in their gymmesium
and Towa State doce likewise. We have nearly as many seats in our
gymmasium as we have good seats in the audétorium. By using the
gymnasium we would be practising on & floor and using the same back~
ground for shooting practise thet our opponents are using. Here is
our predicament. We ere forced to play our home schedule on a semi-
foreign court, while we use the gymmasium for practise. I am sure
that you can appreciate the great handic thet we face. If you have
done any trapshooting, or played any game where the background plays
such @ tremendous part, then you cen appreciate the situation.

In addition to that, the floor resiliency is different, the baskets
are constructed differently, and the whole set-up makes a very ¢m~ :
phatic margin between winning ané losing. And since this is ea com-
petitive game and since we are held accountable, whether we win or
lose, then I believe we have a definite point.