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October ll, 1937,

Mr, Bert Hayes,
6517 Warquette Place,
New Orleans, La,

Dear Bert:

: | This will acknowledge receipt of your letter
of the Sth instant. If I were you I would not be dise.

couraged, Doubtless you are just going through a

period of homesickness, although you haven't diagnosed

it as that. In a few weeks you will be very much
better if you stick it out.

| I wouldn't advise you to change now, because
that would be quitting, and you know even you would
have no dys dn for yourself if you quit. So the only
thing that I see for you, Bert, is to stay and make the
best of it, ,

_ You know I nover did promise you my certain
job that you could get board and room for your work.
i promised you work commensurate with your desire and
ability. I-believe some one else promised you enough
work to make room and board, but I have never promised
& bey room and board. I have always promised him work
if he wanted to work and earn it, It was up to him how
much he earned, whether it was $5.00 or $20.00 a month.

Now, don't think I am getting tough, Bert,
but I like you and I would be Gisappointed in you to
gee you leave now, |

You asked about Ralph and Jos. Ralph Miller
is the number one football player on the freshman team,
Everybody acknowledges him as such. Ralph has a lot of
leadership. He hustles around, does his work, studies
and gets his grades up in good shape, and he tears them
down on the football field,

oe There was some question when Ralph came up
among some of the "Doubting Thomases" that he yorbane
was just a basketball player and not « footbal
_, but his work on the football field has convinced every-
_ body that he is tops in football as well as basketball,
All the coaches place him as number one prospect on the
freshman team, And there are a lot of good boys there

player,