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boys and three girls, and we have four grandchildren. So i am writing
you an understanding letter. :

; | On the campus at the present time we have enrolled less
than a thousand Machinists Mates (Navy), 520 V#12 boys (Navy), 120
Naval Aviation Cadets, and 776 A#l2 Army boyse In addition, we have
about 400 civilian beys under 18 years of age pursuing their courses.
The boys in the service are not permitted to accept any compensation
because Uncle Sem gives them board, room, tuition and books, and
provides their allotment. ‘hat leaves a great field for work for the
civilian students. With only about 400 civilian student to 2200
service men, you can see that there is ample opportunity for a boy
to get his education and at the same time earn sufficient money to
carry him through school if he has the ability te pass his work in
school and alse work a maximum number of hours.

This fall will be no exception to the rule. We will have
about the same number of boys -on the campus who are in service and an
additional number in civilian life, so I am very sure we would have
no difficulty in providing work for your two sons, I am wondering
what sort of grades the boys made in Winfield high school. A bey who
is a good student can carry more working hours than a bey who has to
spend more time on his books, Will you kindly let me know the grades
they made? |

I would be indeed happy if Bob and Clarence would come up
and look over the school, However, there a great number of Winfield
citizens who are alumni of the University of Kansas, Ex-Mayor Harry
Janicke and Representative Chandler Jarvis are both graduates of the
Law School of the University, who have done exceptionally well in Win-
field. Of course there are a great many others, but I just mentioned
these two to show you the success that comes to men who follow their |
academic training throughs

Adolph Rupp, the coach of the Univerwity of fentucky, came
through Lawrence a couple of months ago and stopped to visit me, ie
played on my championship team in 1928, He was from Halstead, Hansas,.
He told me that he was going to call en Bob and Clarence and make them
@ proposition, We de not have such things as athletic scholarships
here, but we will be happy te offer them work, and I sm sure that the
boys can use their athletics legitimately in aiding their educational
progress» lp, Rupp stated that the boys were figuring on going to
Oklahoma, You can see that I made no move toward encouraging then
by offering them a better proposition than they had been offered, but
' if you are interested why would it not be possible for you to move te
Lawrence with the boys? I know nothing about your family surroundings
but Lawrence provides great opportunities for parents educating their
children, I ams ure that we would be able to locate you and your
family here with positions that would be attractive.

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