Te P. Huhter December 23 Monday morning we had a short practice from 9:00 till about 11:45. We rushed home. — practice and did a little last minute packing and rushed down ts vapaewen 's to ohn. After eating, we caught the 1:00 streamliner ss of Lawrence to Cndangee Mrs.» Mallot end family were at the depot in Lawrence to see us off. Dean Lawson rode with us on the train to Chicago. He left us there to catch another train to Cleveland. At Kenses City we stopped and got out pictures taken by some photographers from the Seturday Evening Post. ‘They gave us 8 copy of the latest cabedey Evening Post.that had a very nice article in it ebout the finel game of the National tournament with Indiana last years | 5 mete £ We hed @ very pleasent trip 7 Keneas City to Chicago. We arrived in chicago about on time, 9350. We went straight from the Santa Fe depot to the ‘Allerton Hotel on Michigan Ave. After leaving our lagen ge in the hotel, we went for @ short walk to get the stiffness out of ur jointe that we hed eequired while riding on the streamlines : I think all of the esis were in bed around 11:30 to get rested “up for t>e nice long train ride the next day from Chiceco to Ann Arbor, Miche Te Pe Hunter December 24 Tuesday morning ay 7316 the telephone girl at the Allerton Hotel called all the roons | that Kansas basketball men were in and aid, "It is 7:15 and the temperature is 34." She didn't say whether to get up or "I'm sorry to have bothered you" or anything else. So Sanneman oa lled ole Nesmith and he said te just relax and he would call ws» Norman thought he had ‘committed a terrible crime, because he happened to e211 Nesmith when he was ell excited trying to get something else dones | Ve finally got packed and went down in the dinning romm of the Allerton end enjoyed. a fine breakfaste By enjoying this meal, we were a little late in cetohing our taxi and had a terrible scramble getting to the depot and getting on the train. We have so much luggsge and equipment that everyane hes to be ® red=cap ie a chenge from one train to another or put up in a hotel. | Between Chicago and Ann Arbor we crossed a time sone. Upen entering Indiana we all hed to run our watches up one hour. this little maneuver got our lunch period postponed until we arrived in Ann Arbor at 2:30 and 5:16 before we had a dairy dish, a sandwich, and some fruit. _ However, this was the best for us as we went immediately to the “ichigan | Field House to practices After practice we hed anice or rosst meal and all was forgotten and forgivene | After dinner the boys kinda scattered out. sone weit upstairs to get ready for bed and sede went out to see more of the town. | We all ok te the same large dormitory in Michigan Union Building. There were fifteen beds and thirteen men. Te Pe. Hunter Closing hours for the ve were 9:30, but some of Anite wavered this time allotment fifteen or twenty minutes in order to sheave and gst ready to srise early Chritems morning and board the trein to Niegare Fallse We were all set for a good statute rest which will have to be deferred to a leter dete, I'm afreid. We made the day very well without the loss of man or baggegee However, Vance fall showed positive signs of catching the flue December 26 Christmas morning we left Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a trip to Niagera Fallse We arrived in Niagara about 1430 - 2:00 o'clock. We shecked our weggnge at the sepil and went to e nice restaurant called “Louis '" for lunch. After lunch. we. broke up inte small groups and wert for a tour of the Falls. We observed the Falls from both the United States side and from the Canadian side. Canada seems to have gotten the best of us on the Palls deal, becquse there was much more water flowing over a greater area on the Canadian side than on the United States side, They have there at the Falls a groatihyiro-olectric plant that furnishes a large pert of Canada’s electricity. | this plant is very heavily “guarded all the time and at this time perticular ly. 7 qhe Falls was a wonderful site. The water is Slowing over the ‘biuff and onto the lerge rocks below at a tremendous rate of speede | Ts P, Hunter : | ee There have been no persons who went. over these falls in aa barrelelike protection just to be doing something. But I am‘afraid excitement or finances either would have to be pretty scarce before I took a ride over the Niagara Falls. Pe Se In the Niesgara Falls depot we encountered a taxi driver | who was e Lightly stricken from the effects of alcohol. Ne was very sensible for a drunken man and quoted us several of the worldly facts of his experiences with women, alcohol, and occupations of not the best types He was very sincere in his information and philosophy to our group, but admitted: chat to. would continue to be .a drunkard the rest of, his ‘Late. Mrs.» Allen tried to leave with this man a few hotpful thoughts conotnaene hinself and his fenily which may have some effect upen his lite Teter one ¥ho knows? . December 26 The University of Konsae ‘basketball ‘team left Niagera Fells Christmas night and arrived + Yost wens, New York, about 9:30. Weiting ot the vest Poin’ depot was Ronald Logan, formerly of ie University of — and Ge need trainer of army athletics. - . Ronald was accompanied by Major Neiss, an army doctor who worked with ‘teen on athletic injuries, and Captein Mesnenger, the officer in o ghaegs of army basketball. They were all swell nen ana’ arenes,” hesitate to entertain and take eare of the basketball team to the - S fullest extent. We were allowed to explore the training quarters of the army athletic teams and given a brief medical inspection for colds, flue, ete., by iajor lleisse T.» P. Hunter We rede from the depot to the academy in the army bus, - which carries the army athletic teams when they go by buse We hed a very nice testy meal in the Vest Point mess helt with the Plebes that were not grented 8 furlough this vacation because of West Point regulations. They were very courteous to ws and gave the Rock Chalk while we were eating. After lunch we took & steeil te’ the army field house where we had a short practices The field house was enormouse There wes @ eer size football field in ‘this field house where the army ‘reins its team during bed wosthor. We loft West Point abou 5100. o'clock for New York where we arrived at about 7300 otalae ; ——- registered at the Pioadilly Hotel and went out for ‘nae re 8215 we left the Child's restaurant fer lisdison Square Gardens wey of taxh. - | the team hed a nic 2 work out during the half of the Illinois-Manhattan ssl en ine os well as seeing some very entertaining Fastern basketbs 11 - Wadison Square Carden fe a vast place to pack in paid admission fans, but 4t is not such e beautiful place to play athletic games as @ person might think that hadn't seen the piace, (I like it ~~ however +) December 27 After breakfast the Kansas team went to the Yo Me Ce Ae building in New York for short rections Mrs Irish was there to see that we were taken eare of properly end there were several photographers on. hand to t«uke e few action pictures of Dr» Allen and the teame Loray Te P,. Hunter After practice we went back to the hotel and prepared +o go out for lunche That afternoon, if I recall correctly, we were allowed to take a tour over one section of New York and see a few of the many beautiful and interesting sights of New York City. December 28 We had a rather oto breskfast in the Childs restaurant and afterwards ints bie the hotele We were free to walk around and explore the immediate sights there.-neor the hotel. After luneh we went to our roomé and spent most of the afternoon resting for the game tht night. | ' When we went down in the lounge of the Picadilly thet afternoon to get our tea and toast before the game, who should we run into but Martha Pay, the actress. ‘She was OG. ke and lvoked pretty good frome close up views Ingleman picked up enough courage to go over to her table and get her autograph and talk to her a whilee ‘She was very nice and wished us luck in the game that nighte "owever, we lost which wasn't so goods December 29. After eating breakfast the boys wee free to run around and see a few of the remaining sights of New York. I think the subway got most of our bus that morning because we didn't think we had - sufficient tine to go on a roguiar scheduled toure se T+ Pe Hunter. We left for Philedelphie at 4:00 ofclock and arrived avant . (6:30. We went to the Swarthmore Field House and had a short practice. While dressing after practice we found out thet we hed to be at the Strath Haven Inn before 8:00 or we wouldn't be eble to got our dinners ‘ After dinner we Listened to lr. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat and went to our quiet cosy querterse oy ‘December 30 In the morning we weal teas our quiet little retreat at Swarthmore to the traditione! old city of PhiladelIphiae Philadelphia is a lerge city and we had to de considerable walking in order to gee much of the town. This we aide First, we went to the Curtiss Publishing Co. Building to see lire Bob Reed, editor in chief of the Country Goutloman magesines Next, we went to Independence Hall, which was just across the street from the Curtiss building. Here we sew the Liberty bell, and eww ‘much more actual history than I learned in schoole _ After lunch we went back ‘te § Stee Seven Inn to rest for the game with Teuphe that nights We wore unfortunate enough to lose this ball game, tOGe : December 31 We left Philadelphia for Washington, Here we wisited tre F. Be Ie Building and gave it a close inspection from shooting gallery in the bastmenth to the technical laberatories in the upper part of the building. In the afternoon after eating we went to the show Seaianter Xe After the show we just walked leisurely sround the city until time to eateh ‘the train for Pittsburg at 11:40. The group thet I wos with walked out round Capitel Hill’ ’ eidcobserved the Capitol Buildings January ‘ Had a quick costly broakfast in Pittsburg before boarding our train for Chicagos trein was one of the ancient nodele “nd we had a nice snoky pid 41 about 6:00 o'clock in the \ afternoons | ; * - We went straight to the. A] .erton Hotel and registered for our Aetna seeens ages We were all pretty tired and "Doc" said we must go to bed early end get rested up for the game tomorrow with Leyolas January 2 Aster sleeping anh 8350 we got up and had breakfast in the dining room of the Allortons After breakfast we back to our rooms and workod on our . Giariess f In the afternoon we | die traditions? "big musele” reat before the game to be playe ‘eh Layola thet night. We won our game with. Le | thas night end so ‘aia’senta Glare California. 4 , We became sort of attached to the Senta Clara team because they pleyed at the same place we did all three games. They were on the train with us from Pittsburg to Chicago. T, Ps Hunter | RR a Pe val * PN Sq @ January ee We were called by trainer Nesmith et 8:00 o'clock. | We rushed down to the Allerton dining room and het quick breake fast cafeteria styles | : At 9:05 "Doo" sprang out of the hotel elevator and said "All right, boys, we are ready.” We caught taxi cabs and bola trem to hurry to the Dearborn Street station. Luckily everybody mde the train and we were soon on our wey home, ending @ very pleasant sight- seeing end basketbell tour, and Christmas vecation trip. I believe thet everyone is going to survive oO« ke and be ready for practice when we get hone tonights : Finis Reb Johnson: December 23 We left Lawrence today at 1:00 o’cleck. Mrs. Malott and her children were at the station to show us off and to wish us good lucks Dean Lawson of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ethempentnd us to Chicago. While riding the train I met one of the so~eelled captains of industry, Mrs Aman by name, Ve wes ‘ federal investigator for narcotics. I bought & coke on the train tedey which cost me the vhole sum of sixteen cents. Howard Engleman end Marvin Sollenberger, in their new hats, are not fer behind Esquire in fashion. They caulk out like two sore thumbs. | For the second time my life, I tried my hand at bridge with Bob Allen, Bill Hogben, Johnay Kline. I played se poorly thet they had to send in a substitute, Jim Arnold. dust verers orriving ta: Ghbenge, 6 little red-headed youngster by the neme of Johnny forbert stole the shows He was a very tiny little fellow who.was proud of himself for being eble to work Te Pe Hunter's’ "Hepve Seabing Pussies” . He would show everyone on thé train his feet and tell them just how he eocomplished it. "Doc" celled him young Chris Cringle. We ere staying in the Allerton Hotel sis tonight. We just finished twenty minutes of walking around the block end I am now ready to hit the hay. rs Beb Johnson We spent a peaceful night at the Allerton Hotel, but were on our way the next morning at 9:15. We were to arrive at Ann Arbor that afternoon at 2:28 end therefore, Drs Allen hed plerned for us to not eat on the trein, but to wait until we arrived at Ann Apbor We had to change our watches and clerm clocks at Niles, Michigan, where the time hed jumped one hour ahead of we It was around this time of the day thet three or four of us beoane very hungry ond, upon finding that we wine ait t© eat until we arrived at Ann Arbor, we wrote a petition and gave it to Dr. Allen. The petition is as | follows: a Hear Yel! Teer Yet! Hear Yel! We,the undersigned, while not wishing to press our onary must, nevertheless: and notwi thetanding the aforesaid, cell to iia attention the foes that we feel strange. gnewings at our innards, “e presume that this must be caused by & defloieney in the quantity, if not quality, of the nutriments It is upon thie point that we wish to diskaber our protest and to query: When the . . do we eat? Signed: S aor Allen | Charles Yalker | Bob dehnson Bill Hogben _ Howard Engleman " venee Hani | joba Buesener gin: Arnold “se Kine "solty" ‘Sollenberger i Ne canneman Bob Johnson We presented this to Dr. Allen and he answered as follows: Wait! Stop and Listen! , Waite Remember Mahatma Gandi fasted for forty days for a principles Would you fast five hours for What? | = Stop before you eitis a bite of food and remember the starving Chinese childrens | Save the Foodi! Listen