I want you to imew how very much we appreciated your
presence at Rotary and at our Iowa StateWleansas basketball came,
as well as your dominant personality on the campus of the University
of Kansas, Ye always enjoy meeting you and hearing youe
Also, I want to thank you very much for the things that
to say regarding professionelizing amteur athleticse When
I spoke to 14 hich school allestars in Kanses City, Kansas, I
was warning them of the dangers that beset them when they seek &
@ollege education. I told them not to sell their academic birthright

I meant, of course, the fact that there was danger of their
selecting some school that dd not offer then the thing thet would
fit them most for college and leter life, but that they were apt te
choose a school where the best job went for athletic abilitye

I was pleased beyond measure for the fact that you support
my contention, and the fact that you did go, end in such an emphatic
way, caused young men to ponder more seriously the question then they
would have had you not made your remrke

‘My attitude is not in inviting the professionalian, but
in advising youth before they get into difficulty. You and I have
seen so much of it that if we can call attention to the yomg fellows
of this danger, then they meditate many times more than we suspect.

Again good wishes and good health is my wish for you and
yourss

‘Sincerely yours,

Mreetor of Physical Fdueation and Recreation
Varsity Basketball Coach

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