February 25, 1942.

Mr. J. EB. Kissell,
Portis, fansas.:

Dear Mr. Kissell:

; ‘I am sending you a copy of a letter in confidence
that I have written to Max. He is staying up very late at,
night in these bull sessions at the Phi Psi house. He does
not wear a hat, and catehes cold easily. He is not taking as
geod care of himself as he should. | |

_ In other words, he is not putting all of himself
in the two main things that should occupy most of his time --
his seheol work and if he has any time left, his basketball. \
The fact that he must work also takes some time away from his
studies. Therefore, it behooves him to not dissipate hie time
a@ energy in tull sessions, which are needless. I say they
are needless at this stage of the game because he needs the
time for other more important things.

Please do not reveal to him the fact that I have
sent you this letter. He is not improving as rapidly in
basketball because he is spending his time and energy doing .
other things. Maybe he is a little bit discouraged because he
hasn't gotten into some of the games more, but if he would bend

every energy that he has toward the vital and necessary things
he would break into a game more often.

Jack 5ellard was highly discouraged and really very
unhappy because he was not getting to play. I held out no more
promise to him even with his exceptional height then I have
Max. Yet he was one of the deciding factors in our Oklahoma
Aggie game, and his getting into the ;
to him as it was to any of the spectators or his teammates there
at the game. But he was in
when he got the call. That :
in.