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it still gives you a definite faith in youth. I have never iost it and don’
expect to. ee 3

We are building an obstacle course here that is as fine or even
better, I think, than the Iowa Pre-Plight course. Its a dinger! I am
going to talk to Wayne Davidson about it and I believe someone from your
paper will want to get a story because there will be nothing like it in a
the colleges around here, in the Missouri Valley, at least.

I received a note from Mrs. Brannum, of Winfield, and I wrote
her a letter. I am sending you copies of both. Confidentially, I asked
Fred Ellsworth to get the dope on these boys and this is what I reseived
six or seven days efter 1 wrote Mrs. Brannums

"Both boys are good basketball players.

Both have another year before beooming 18.

Both visited the U. of Kentucky one week.

That University refused to accept them. One of
them took work in English this summer at Sotthwestern
to make up g unit therein and failed. ~

Both heave good minds, hard to manage at times.

One is matbied.”

I haven’t heard from Mre. Brannum as yet, but I had known that
Adolph Rupp, who is Dean Lewson's brother-ineleaw, called on them and had
_ made them a proposition. Adolph's home was in Halstead. He played onny
1923 team. He came by this summer and told me he was going down there to
talk to then and wanted to kmow if I objected. I told him I certainly
did not. ie would not make any proposition to them. What Adolph was
afraid of was that I would open up on him as I did on Frosty Cox. He
- didn't want that extra fire, but at Kentucky they pay them and make no
bones about it. I don't believe Dean Lawson wild approve that.

With all good wishes to you and Mrs. Haynes, I an

Sincerely yours,

ay Director of Physical Education,
PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach.
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