and increased the athletic pewer of the Aggies.

This Naval ReOoTeCe should pep up and strengthen Kansas' football
prospectse We do not knew where the boys will come from, but presume t hey will
come frem our own state, as a great many of eur V-12 students came from Kansas.

Ernie Quigley is still going big on his bend drive to reduce the stadium
debt, which has new beenreduced from $113,000 te $83,000. Ernie is in
Kansas City contacting the Kansas Jayhawkers ef the large inceme bracket with
a view ef further reducing the indebtedness. He is working with his character-
istic ferver and enthusiasm, and these inthe knew aay that befere the year is
eut the indebtedness will be liquidated.

We have received werd that our swimming peol in Rebinson Gymnasium will
‘be remodeled and greatly improved. The new features will be the graduated
depth, with scum gutters and many of the new modern improvementse The old
pool will be entirely torn out, a new concrete shell built to retain it and
then a new swimming pool built in the shell. The sad part about the thing is
that the width connet be increased, but instead of a 50 ft. pool we will have
a 60 ft. peel which will be regulatien for competitive matches. However, the
footings fer the gymnasium preclude our widening ite Work will start about
July le

Many ef yeu boys swam in the old rectangular pool with the water 8 feet
deep, with no graduation, which was built under Dr. Naismith's he-man theory.
He said a graduated poel was silly. Just threw them in and let them swim out.
They will learn te swim that way. The eld peel was built back in 1912,s0 it
has seen a let ef splashing, and I am gladtesee its passing.

We are happy te announce that Capt. Charles B. Black, with a Photo Recon-
naisance Group in Italy, has recently been awarded the Distinquished Flying
Crosse We de not have a cepy ef the citation, but we know, Charlie, that you
are still a champion. Cengratulations on your captaincy, the DFC, the Air me-
dal and twe eak leaf clusters! And last, but not least, congratulations on
the baby daughter bern te Charlie and Terry Mergan Black on February 20. Mrs.
Black and Sheryl Lee are living with Charlie's mrents at 1709 Louisiana Ste,
Lawrence, Kansas. Charlie has completed his fifty missions, and we areall
hoping that he will seon be in Lawrence again. :

A very mature and distinguished, mustached gentieman appeared on our
desk by proxy day before yesterday. This phetograph of Captain John Pfitsch
(APO 339, New Yerk) as one of Uncie Sam's often decorated and cited first
class fighting men. Yeu would never know the ca, tain behind all that handle-
bar shrubbery that aderns his upper lip. Gesh, Jehn, you took tough! Anda
great big sign aderns the picture thus: Happy Birthday to the Pfleugervill
Pflashé - none other than eur old amiable Johnny from Texas.

John recently wrote from Germany as follews: "Our morale is tops now
because we're on the move. If we can keep it up fer a while this war wen't
last tee leng. We are clicking, so you can expect anything. I don't think
I have told yeu before, but recently I changed grade again. Hope I can live
up to all expectations. At least I'll be in there trying. We had opportunity
lately te play some softball. I think I had the first organized softball league
in Germany. We won, too, Dec, so I'm happy. New we're back slugging it oub
and I think » have the power te de the whole jeb this time. Give my regards
to everyone."

"Sparky" (Bowling-Alley Grip) McSpadden visited the office with his
ensign's cemmission a couple ef weeks ago. Boy, he covered Lawrence, El Dorade
and all parts ef Kansas in a very short while. I should not leave out the

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