Portis, Kansas,
May. the Third,
Nineteen Forty.

DR. F. CGC. ALLEN
LAWRENCE == KANSAS,

.Dear FC, Sir and Friend:

I received your fine and very welcome letter today, and was glad
you could spare the time to write me so much of interest. I'll say «
at once, Allen, that it was differeq% than many of the letters I get,
that is in reference to college and Max. :

I just happen to have time to get this on the mail and thot
would answer to advise you about the’stop you mentioned on Hill
City trip. If you happen thru here, it will be perfectly agreeable
for you to stop but at present I expect to be gone that day (15th Inst
I think you sfad) and believe the hi school has their river dinner.
Since we have talked to you I do not know that there is much more to
say just now, The thing stands like this. Max has not decided what
he will take and I have not decided what I think he should take, hence
we are at a standstill till I get some more "dope" from some places. >
Of course, I guess there is plenty for him to pick from at KU, at
least all most any school of the state or mifidle West could offer.
However, if you happen thru it might be that some of us would be here
and would be glad to talk with you a while. I may be in Hill City that
day but not that night. I assume your address is at night.

There is a lot (seems to me a terrible lot) of pressure heing
brot on Max and myself for Max to go to KState and we get letters fre-
quently and men are here to see Max and last evening two men were here
for quite a while. I judge our coach, A KStater, has made a semie
promise that he would steer Max there. I see various accounts in pa-
pers all arourd as to where ilax and other boys will go, but I do not
know where they get the news. Largely guess-work I believe. I see
some papers have a gréup of supposed=-to-be good hi boys lined tp to
go somewhere together but they do not seem to know where. I have some
letters as to “ax from some persons I do not know and they seem to be
wanting to find out if he would promise to go to some school if he were
assured that several other good boys would be there to thus somewhat
assure that school of a good team in year or two. I was careful in answer
ing such letters and may have at least a little fun out of it. I am
writing Gerald Tucker today as his name was mentioned and I may get
something from him in person which would be only confidential correspond-
ence. Has he ever indicated, that you know of, that he would attend KU?

About train time and must close. I thot I read a good deal between
the lines in your letter, Max said he had letter too from you and he
said, "Doc Allen sure writes and talks differently thah some of them do."
Just the other day a coach was here and offered Max everything under the
sun to go there, that is full expense for four years, trips t% ui
Mad. Sq. Garden, Canada and I guess maybe to Mars and Jupiter
trying to let. Max fircure things out for himself some and

you can make a good player out of a fence pos PERG him he could
not depend too much on the coach; that he would have idkeup the ball
himself occasionally. More later when time permits

Sincerely,