WITH SINCERE WISHES THAT YOU MAY ENJOY A Happy CHRISTMAS RETURN ADDRESS IrE.WSRAIMAN, MEOO : (NAME & A.S.N,) MD-PT, oe 56S Dr. of r OR. F.C. ALLEN Phy Zdu, _U. ot Kansas “3. ope we shal a Lawrence. Hangag_ = “ie Oe Xvnas ‘ of uae ws. sould: aston et ARMY AIR FORCES REDISTRIBUTION STATION No. 2 MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA oe Aang Air Forces REDISTRIBUTION STATION No. 2 MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA Army Air Forces REDISTRIBUTION STATION No. 2 ; — Aamyg Aar Gorces REDISTRIBUTION STATION No. 2 Ls my all. time we 4:30 have bee springy. braces, wood the re- in the pigeon would oo. cae it is wooke a build- "ave of wontt at i e 8 Hit ¥ 3 ; ‘a a7 if 5 5 . Lb ; Uy Ht ; 3 ay sae ui yet li i : i at H i, ii : & ~. vs ae { i #3 uth aM a i i fy af ape Hine it al ai ihe i the pu Hil ii Aue Hip s3 f fas ° gisige agteg. § 1 i tt ‘ky an ? i i ani ‘al ii if f t ay Esq a ja il z eae 6 He aif al i’. Bi Jamary 4, 1945. Kansas City, Kansas. Dear Lacy. I au sending you a carbon copy of a letter that Chancellor Malott wrote me regarding Yooh Auditorium. oe reply to the Chancellor. I am not complaining end not asking for any help in any way at all. I just wanted you to be advised of the fact that up to the present time we have had two practices on the floor, and the one yesterday was after 4:30 pem. They had orchestra practice on the stage until that time. We have hed two home games and it was not possible for us to practice one week be- fore our game with Rockhurst on the 18th because the Vespers came on Sunday and the whole week prior to that we could not practice on it. ‘The floor ie laid on conerete, aad our gymesiu floor is springy. The baskets at the auditorium are of steel construction, as are the braces, emphasizing a sharp rebound, while our braces in the gymmasium are of wood with a more sluggish rebound, and an entirely different reaction to the re- So oo ee _— ee The best way you can appreciate this, Lacy, is to think of olay pigeon shooting. Suppose, in shooting at the clay pigeons, the background would be the same color as the pigeons. Or, think of a baseball park where the hitters were batting out against the white fence all around the park at a white bali. The white fence would interfere with picking the ball out as amark. I am sure that you can see this. Now, the artists have to have a week to orient themselves, and it is not possible for us to get in the building any time during that whole week. The athletic beast must exhale a withering breath? It just isn't cricket, Lacy, to force a guy into a building because the legislature voted a build- ing for both things, and then to run out the basketball players and have our record judged by such uneven procedure. Certainly we should have the court from 3:50 on during the months of late December, January and February. We always close our season the first week in March. Then the other people would have it ten months in the year. Five to one seems to me a fair ratio of expectation. Ernie Quigley worked with Swarthout on the thing at the begimming of the year, but the joke of the thing is that we have never had it, and won't have it until next week because this weck we are playing the Tigers at * nag S33 eee GRy 23% ae 233 Be: 2 taf 35 ZG ¢ zeae oie iil: ie pid, gi: $1; i us i “35 iii 44) 33% Sincerely yours, PCA: AH Director of Physical Bducation, Varsity Basketball Coach. Ence i ° ee 44 ~~ . ‘N) « % j y : ny se 7 a sushiaasal “al 4 2 a P| oat 2 ie vaed a (afiowa-s GQEOMUAVGA) JOOHIS TON AAA TIM ABA SAA TSOE GZalt ALA YMRA @ " t : - a e IB EDA had ak Ep ly af Je a 5 , , 2 << ou RPI PHA C ~, Feces J exae Mr. Harold H. Howey, SM 1/c Naval Operating Base Navy 3256 ~ Be4P Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California Dear Harold: I was happy to have your letter of August 11 and quite agree with you that your publications will be arriving soon, although they do not move with the dispatch that the air mail received. I can imgine how you boys celebrated the real V-J Day. And what General McArthur and the big boys will do to the Nips froin now on will not be to the liking of the "So Sorry, Mister" boys. I was delighted to read this Monday morning's news where General McArthur refused.to receive their emissaries but saw to it that his subordinates divested them of their Sumari Swords. That is exactly what these babies need and something a little tougher. But we'll talk this out when we get together and I will buy you the best drink that you 6an buy--soft drink, of course, <