Mareh 5 1945.

Miss Ruth Kemney,
' Bureau of Correspondence Study,
University of Kansas.

Dear Miss Ruth:

It is genuinely splendid of you to take time from your busy
hours to assuage our feelings at the time when we were so overwhelmed
at Iowa State. It is such statements from friends like these that
really do a fellow good. I am not in the least bit low, knowing that
the boys gave everything they had, but they didn't have quite the stuff
to overcome an inspired and a highly skilled, powerful Iowa State tean.

Sometimes we are stupid enough not to know the things we should
do, but the fact that you called up and asked for a little help for
Mildred Carpenter was one of the happiest things that we did. And too,
it helped us immensely because from that time on Herb Heim's morale was
the best that it had ever been all year. It was unfortunate that we -
didn't know the answer earlier in the year. I feel now that we never
would have lost to Oklahoma at Norman had we had a booster-upper at the
right time.

But just the same, I want to thank you for all the fine things

that you have always done in helping us. And I assure you I gratefully
appreciate your letter... |

Very sincerely yours,

; Direotor of Physicall Education,
PFOA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach.