boyse We wiil promise you a job when you return to the Hill.

ist ite Orlando Epp, 427th Med. Bne, Camp Carson, Colorado, stopped in
the office for a visit the other daye He said, "Say, where can we get one
of those Jayhawk Rebounds? The boys say they like them."

We are delighted to put you on the mailing list, and we trust that they
will be a source of information and inspiration now and thene

To Ray Evans, Scott Field, Illinois, who was here visiting on the Campus
a few weeks ago: Ray, I apologize for treating you like a stepchild. The
morning you were here seemed to be an unusually busy time. Mrs. Hunter
told me of the delightful time she had with you and Harriett when you spent
the afternoon in her home with her grandchild. Ray, you are really get ting
right down to family style in a hurry. Eh, Ray?

Word has cane to us of the promotion of E. Be "Burt" Degroot to Mijjor.
This makes two fine men from our Physical Education Department who have
attained their majority - Major E. R. Elbel and Major DeGroot. If you
soldiers want to make a hit with those fellows, call them colonel?

To Ensign T. Me Van Cleave, Jr., USNR
Armed Guard Center (Pacific),
Treasure Island,

San Francisco, California.

Tom was formerly a practicing attorney in Kansas City, Kansas, and was

our "first aid" and the most important one among our alumni in interesting
young boys to obtain a higher education on Mt. Oread. I want you to lam,
Tommy, that we enjoyed your letter very much and we are using this, with
your permission, to show how men in the service feel about the continwnce
of athleties in colleges. Every good luck to you, old fellow. I saw your
wife, Caroline, at the wedding festivities. She looked fine, healthy,

and happy, but I know she must be lovesome for the old mane

“After being in the Southwest Pacifie for sometime I recently returned
and found that Dad had written mervand enclosed your excellent pamphlet,
Jayhawk Rebounds.

"It is as you know quite difficult to keep up with the news about people
and places when you don't receive your mail for two or three months.

However, when you do get your mail it is really a pleasure to sit dom

and leisurely read it starting with the first and reading till you cath upe
This of course gives us practically all the information about what has
happened while we are gonee

"I notiee in your Jayhawk Rebounds that you discussed the coming football
and basketball seasonse I am certainly glad to see that you are planning
to continue sports at the University of Kansas. This would be true even
if they had only 11 men out for football and 5 men out for basketball.

"All the service personnel that I have come in contact with are
interested in what happened in the world of sports. Regardless of the caliber
of the players my men and all the rest are interested in whether the Yankees
won or lost and who is going to play in the World Series. The men unde me
are of course only a cross-section of service personnel generally But I am
certain that they are truly a representative groupe

"I recently ran across John Breidenthal who is recreation officer for
a large camp. It seemed that he had been coaching the basketball team
without a basketball. Fortunately I had one on hand which we covidn't usee
I gave this basketball and a few softballs to him and he was very glad to
get theme

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