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November 17, 1957.

Reve We Hilst,
Preston, Kansase

Dear Reverend Hilst:

I an very happy to have your letter of the 16th
instant, and assure you that I will be glad to call Harold in
and have a talk with hime

I might explein certain things that are perhaps
in his mental background causing him to give up versity basket-
bell for intramural basketball. The Triangle Fraternity has a
strong team in intramurals and doubtless the fraternity is asking
him to go in for intremurals rather than for the varsity.

My approach to him would be, of course, to talk
with him about coming out, but we never urge the boys to do so,
placing it squarely up to their owm desires. It is entirely a
voluntary matter. You can see our position if we used mdue ~
pressure or persuasions They would feel that they were perhaps
doing something for the coach or for the thiversity, if pressure
were put upon them. Varsity athletics should be a pleasufe and
should heve a side that is stimulating in playe

I am sure you will agree with me, Reverend Hilst,
that the most difficult man to teach is the fellow that you have
to persuade to play. There will, of course, be discouraging
moments. There will be times when a boy is either mentally or
physically ill, when he feels that someone else is being given a
greater opportunity than he is, and it takes all the courage
surging up in a man's breast tio keep him going through discourage-
mente However, in the long run, this is good for thems I only
mention these things to describe a cycle that has been in the life
of each one of us, and doubtless it has recurred to him many tiness

— I will call him in, but you can see that I am in
rather a bad position to go beyond the point of having a friendly
chat with him and asking if he is interested in varsity basketballs
We have issued the call and of course he has not responded. On
your account we will do this extra thing, but it is not done in