WALTER CRAWFORD, PRESIDENT
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R.A.DUNMIRE,V. PRES. & CASHIER

SPRING HILiL,KANSAS

July 2nd ,1945

Dr.Forrest C.Allen,
University of Kansas
Lawrence Kansas

Dear "Phog"®:=

The best manner in which I can thank you
for your talk to my son’ Joe last week is to tell you that
he decided in favor of and is now enrolled in the 16 weeks
semester in the Engineering School. He is living at the Phi
Psi houses with a nice group of boys and will,as soon as he
gets acu ames to like K.U. life.

I have taken the liberty to suggest that
if he hits a snag or meets some problem about school that
bothers too much, to drop in and talk to you. I am sure that
he will not overdo the privilege. He is pretty level headed
and quite self reliant,but there may be some thing come up
that would “discourage. a boy without the proper word of en-
couragement at the right time,from the right party.

If you have any basket-ball activity during
the summer semester that he can indulge in without interference
with his studies,I would naturally be more than pleased and
consider it a privilege for the boy to get into it under your
direction and coaching. The Dean of the Engineering School sug-
gested that Joe should take R.O.7.C. in connection with his
work, suggesting that that would get him out of gym. classes.

On the way home I suggested that if you condueted ang basket-

ball program,and he engaged in that,he miggt fulfill Bis gym.

requirenents in that manner. “e may "be in to talk to you about
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“aturally I - ereatly appreciate youYadvice
to the boy;I wanted him to make up his mind for himself that
the wise course was to get into school. The advice that you
gave him,and that from Dean Jones was just what he needed,and
I am very happy that he decided as he did.

With all good wishes for your summer seés~
sion aml the combng winter season, I am