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649 RATCLIFF
SHREVEPORT, LA.

September 25 ,1944

Mr. Forrest ©. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Doe:

I am sure that you have no idea how much pleasure it was
for me to see you again. Although our visit was mecessarily short,
I feel as though my old tie to K.U. had been reestablished. Your
personality and driving enthusiasm have not changed since I left
there in 1925, ‘Y,ur idea of college athletics is the same as mine
and I have always been one of your most ardent admirers. You
probably had a great deal to do with forming my ideas of college
athletics. Mrs. Burt and I would both be glad to have either or
both of our boys placed under your influence.

Duke has gone back to Sewanee Military Academy for his
second and last year. He wired thst he had been promoted to
platoon commander and given a cadet commission as 2nd Lieutenant.
I don't know if Duke is college football material but he wants to
try it along with a course in the Eygineering School. He knows
that we expect him to carry his work even if he has to drop foot-
ball. Unless his plans are changed he expects to come to K.U.
next fall. He weighs close to 195 pounds now and should get a
little heavier in the next two or three years.

Thank you for sendimg me the Jayhawk Rebound. The names
are too recent for me to recognize in most casés but I like reading
it anyway. It is a grand idea and I am sure the boys in the service
are glad to get it.

Kansas lost a close one to 7.C.U. but they show evidence

of strength. I probably won't get back this fall but will make a
game or two next year if Duke comes to K.U.

“Sineerely yours, But

Harold A. Burt

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