Capt. F. A. Durand, Fen Durand, A competitor in basketball

Co. C, 2nd Amph. Tr. Bn., and track in 1937, '38, and '39 writes,
2nd Marine Division, "In the last four months I've been

c/o Fleet Postoffice, playing basketball with my battalion
San Francisco, California. team engaging in over 40 games. We

met some fair competition, ending up
with about a .800 average. I had an opportunity recently to also renew
my track participation when I met several other javelin throwers in an
Allied Service Meet. I placed second to a man who was a 1932 Olympic
representative from his coutry, which nation I am not allowed to say."

Wm. C. Johnson, Bill Johnson, of basketball fame in
1112 Sanford, 1931, '32 and '33, has received his
St. Louis, Mo. commission in the Supply Corps of the

Navy, and is to report.to Babson
Institute, Babson Park, Wellesley, Mass. On August 9th. Lots of good
luck to you, “ill. We are coumting on you doing a great job wherever
you are.

Lt. (jg) W. M. Cannady, We see your lovely wife occasionally,
U.S.N.T.T.S.;, Maurice. She is doing a splendid job
Millington, Tenn. with the Lawrence playground this
summer.
Lt. O. F. Nesmith, _ Best regards to Ole Nesmith, that rip-
¥.0. i, snortin', rarin', tearin' halfback of
c/o Fleet rostoffice, '32 to '34, and captain of the Kansas
San Francisco, Calif. football team in 1934
Lt. Comdr. R. A. Haggart, Bob Haggart is a thirty-third degree
2430 Roosevelt, fan who wants Kansa basketball to
Alameda, California. continue this year in spite of all

obstacles. We well remember the annual
trips that you made with our varsity to Aggie-land, Bob, and we never lost
& game when you accompanied us.

I image you boys wonder where we will have room enough for this mammoth
conditioning program. We are now making a survey of the unused parts of
the stadium. You doubtless recall that the Navy has a splendid obstacle
course in the area of the indoor track. Indoor track is out for the
duration apparently. We now plan to utilize some ot the west side of
the stadium for our other units and then we may go into the freshman
dressing room, remove the wooden built-in structure that we used for
equipment, and make a large indoor gymasium out of the west side. We will
have no freshman athletics, hence that space will be available. The
R.0.T.C. building after progressing by hitches, not leaps and bounds,
under the intermittent efforts of the “8, additional grants from the
government, and state appropriations, now has all but the roof on it, as
far as its external structure is concerned. Chancellor Malott expects

it to be completed on or about Octoberl. We can utilize a part of that
area, Hoch Auditorium, and the large gym floor and first floor of the
men's gym, and we may even commandeer the women's gym. Under the contract
the University is to furnish the staff for conditioning these service men.
Although we have chief specialists here from the V-12, they are not in
sufficient numbers to do the job, so it may be possibel that we will
have eight full-time men on the physical education faculty to do this
highly specialized work. The Machinist Mates are caring for all of their
own work, but the Army A-12 and the Navy V-12 will look to us.

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