THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence

January 20, 1945

Dear Faculty Members and Employees of the University:

I would feel apologetic in writing you so many appeals were it
not that this appeal for the prevention ef infantile paralysis strikes closer
home than any except the war effort. The faculty and empleyees at the Univ-
ersity of Kansas have been most intelligently generous in giving to the worth
while things,

Polio hit the youth of our lend harder last year than any other
year save one in the history of this dread disease. We who walk unimpeded
every day are so apt to forget the struggles. of our less fortunate fellews.
For the first time this year the students of the University are going whole~
heartedly inte supporting this most commendable project. They will dance
that their young fellows may walk.

Mrs. We Je Stone, the chairman of the downtown headquarters for
the National Feundation for the Prevention ef Infantile Paralysis, has left
at my office two hundred dance tickets for sale to patrons who like te dance.
The Lawrence High School dance band will play for this dance which will be
held at the Lawrence Cammunity Building on Friday, January 26, frem 9 until l.
The Lawrence people had plenned this dance net knowing of the activities of
Alpha Phi. @mega, the natienal service fraternity,.ef which William Jensen is
the president. Don Ceusins' V-12 dance band will play fer the University
pesple at the Military Science Building on the same date, and the hours are
frem 9 to 12. Naturally seme ef the faculty members may wish te attend the
dance on the Hill rather than down tewn. The objective of both is to raise
funds fer the pelie sufferers.

Tickets for the dewntown dance are $1,00 per couple, plus tax
(tetal $1.20) and are available at my office, room 107 Robinson Gymnasiun.
If you eare to make an outright denation I will be happy to remit it to the
Lawrenee headquarters. :

Very sincerely yours,