UNiversity oF MicHiGAN UNION
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

    

STANLEY G. WALTZ
eeueon seen December 27, 1940.

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

Dear Dr. Malott:

  
  
    
 
  
  

This letter may seem a bit unusual to you, but the
circumstances prompting it are in my mind considerably
out of the ordinary. | |

st A few days ago we had the pleasure of entertaining

Director F. C. Allen and his basketball squad enroute
te to the Bast. This particular phase of the situation
be is certainly not unusual because during the year many

ie athletic teams ranging from Y. M. C.A. squads to those

; of the Big Ten Conference stay at the Michigan Union.

E The angle that I wish to comment upon is this. During

by the many years that I have been associated with the

b Michigan Union, I have never come in contact with a

E : finer group of boys. It has been our experience that
visiting athletic teams are the greatest souvenir hunte

in the world. So often we find 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.

sie ES a a

: The boys from your university were extremely courteous, |
very well behaved and when they checked 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 maid

service.

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

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