PUBLISHED EYERY THURSDAY

THE PORTIS INDEPENDENT

/ J.E.KISSELL,EDITOR, OWNER AND PUBLISHER =
PORTIS, OSBORN Co., KANSAS D 2 9
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Drs F. C. Allen, wi pe: Ms

care Kansas U.,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Doctor Allen:

I have your letter today and so will reply at once, in view of
the fact that I wanted to write you anyway regarding the following:

I have written Joe Nickell who gives the ten p. m. WibW news each
night and asked him to try to be able to announce at the close or during
his broadcast, the scores of your KU games in the East. I thot that the
hour there is ahead of our time, and that he might be able to get your
score as many of us would like to have it on night of game.

So just wanted to say to you that if yau can boost the AP or’ some
agency back trere to get the score to the Capital right after game,
maybe we can get those three games the same night. Whatever you can do
will be appreciated by a lot of fans.

And while writing I will say that you were welcome, and more, to
the little item of publicity I gave in regard to the basketball 'game'
and Doctor Naismith. I like the game and its supporters and I never
miss a chance to give any little word I can to men who are good square
shooters, sincere, sober and honest. And I will ask you, "What would ‘we!
do without basketball all fall and winter?" : ;

You mentioned Max, his work, grades, etc. As to grades, he had
written me he has troubke with the Spahish. He had no foreign language
here and so I think it is hard and tedious for him. It may be that
he ought not have taken it and I did not know that he was going to
until after he had started. But if they set it out for him, it is just
up to him to get it and he should be able to if he puts enough time on
it. I will talk to him about it over holidays. Max was a very good
student here and a very clean, sincere boy but he was not an all A
students as he was in so many activities in the school and comminity. that
he did not have time to put on his work, that is any more time than
he should have. I want him to get some passing grade in all his sub-
jects and for next semester I will help him get a line-up possibly more
down his grrove. That is if the Dean will allow that. I think Max
should be able to make suitable grades in his work. Any time you want
to check him up or caution him, it will be agreeable with me.

. Max writes that the basketball there is great and he thinks all
of you and the boys, both varsity and 'fresh{ are grand fellows. I am
not sure but I think he thinks that he is not big enough to keep pace
with those boys as I note they are all big men.

In haste and I hope this reaches you before you leave and I
am going to write you on the football argument soon.

  

In haste,
J. BE. Kis