May 1, 1940.

Mre Je Ee Kissell,
Portis, KANSAS»

Dear Mr. Kissell:

I have just written Mex a letter and I did not want to
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or that we are trying to make any undue advanced toward him in his
selection of a schoole However, I do want you to lmow this, Mre |
Kissell, that we would be glad to have Max here and we would be
. glad to-give him a job tiat will help him in his quest for an educa«
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Max is a fine boy and will make a fine basketball player,
but there is a lot of difference between high sehool basketball and
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in a boy will see his team get better as the season progresses. The
coach who endeavors to attract the outstanding star players to his —
school and who does not spend the very necessary time developing
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but I do not want it to appear that I am putting an emphasis on ath<— |
leticse ‘The boy should choose his school for the great value that the i:
school can give hin, and not for what he can giv the school. A good — i
many years have to elapse before a boy or a gradi te can give back to —
the school the debt that he owes the school. When I see creat 2
scientists here at the University who have worked for a small salary i
very patiently through the years, then i draw a comparfrson between -
this great scientists who has given so much to humanity throu:h his
labors, and the boy who feels that he is going to give the school a i
big break should he enroll at the Universitye ‘Then I can see why so iA
many of the faculty members are so dead set and prejudiced against Pi tbises
athletics. I do not say that all buys have that idea, but coaches
and the general ay members of society do create a false premise :
that athletics are more important than the academic idea and education —
received in college halls. I say then I can see how these prejudiced, stay
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