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because they sre next to impossible to get, but we will send the basketball
to your mother, and upon ycur return you will get your blanket. Maybe that
is just as well, under the war pressurc.-

To you boys who write to Don, note the change of address since the last
Rebound letter. ‘

Ensign Howard. G. Engleman, USNR Paul Turner told us he saw Howard Engle-
Local Defense, man at the country club in Salina
Treasure Island, ; recontly. "Rope" was visiting his wife
Sen Francisco, California. and her folks in Salina. "Rope", Dean's

young son, Leslie, has grown strong
enough that he can nowmake it to the check and supply room and get his own
shoese You won't have to send him any India moccasins because he can get
them under his own power. find by the way, "Rope", can you balance twelve
indoor baseballs on the jom of the towel room door? I'll give you 35¢ an hour.
if you can do it! ;

Lt. (jg) John L. Burge,. Johnny, I find that I have failed to

V sPei id; enswer your good letter of April: 26, but
c/o Fleet Postoffice, I will get around to it soon. Johnny
San Francisco, California. writos, "I'vo been giving so many rub-

downs and checking so.many sacro~-iliacs,
the fellows in my outfit, Patrol Squadron Thirteen, really appreciate your
course in Theory and Practice of .ithletic Training. when I entered this
aviation game I thought I wouldn't have much use for my physical education
training. I was very much mistaken for it has boon very useful many timese e «
We are located at « very nice little spot out hero - s omewhore in’ the
ceean. ie are doing quite o great deal of flying; but not too much, Tts. .
pretty hard to get in too much flying, especially when « person likes to fly.
The roorentioual facilitios are very good.. Tennis,:-boxui3, softball and
plenty of really swoll beaches." haps ;

Johnny, we didn't play baseball this year. The season was so short and school
examinations began on May 8 and ran to the 13th. We will have football this
fall and IIenry Shenk: aaa conch the football team. He also coached the track
team last spring and did mighty well. We are expecting to play basketball,
although the Big Six baskotball schedule has not been. made out. But the talk
is that we are taking a shot at-it. ‘We are going to have o big. intremural
program and I om going to have charge not only of the intromural program for
the students but for all the boys.in the service, V- 12 ond Naval Cadets. We
are expecting to have ea swell intramural prograya and: is wall be an extensive
ONnGe : sf :

This June 30th day simulates on early foll day. We ‘have bad’ wonderful weather
all spring and summer. Grass and shrubs cre as green as pn. any early May
morning, Tho anatomy building turned and they have removed all of ‘the debris
and sowed grass thore, and for the life of you as.you stand in Robinson Gyn
anc look east across this beautiful quazrangle it is difficult to imnatine that
a building ever stood there. During Chancellor Lindley's regime it was built
for a cafeteria. Then when the Union Building was built the cafeteria was
moved over there, and the medics took over this building for cutting up hwaan
stiffs with sealpelss