Te Jim Williams, a sterling athlete at Haskell Institute, whe en
January 28 was taking his beet training at Parris Island, S. C., and whe is
a Junier Retarian, at the Lawrence Retary Club, - we send greetings. Jim,
yeu asked hew Haskell is deing in basketball. When Marvin Vandaveer went in
the service Milten "Mit" Allen teek them ever and he did a swell job.
Haskell really made a fine shewing this year. As yeu kmow by this letter,
Mit is new in the Navy. I am glad that yeu will be back in Lawrence in April
and I want yeu te knew that if yeu are here en any Menday we want you te ceme
te Retary because yeu are still a Junior Retarian. Se we will be leoeking
fer yous Geed luck, Jim.

Ense Re Le "Bob" Turner, Commander Service Force, Fleet Pesteffice, San
Fransisce, was back a couple ef weeks age and he leeked like a millien
dellarse He really is an impesing effieer. Wish Beb ceuld come back te
the University after this fuss is ever. He was one of our very dependable

guards twe years age. Let us hear from yeu eften, Beb.

Te Warren R. Anderson, APO 447, New York - thanks fer the clipping,
Deacene That spet at 1100 Indiana Street is still O0.K. I knew yeu would
like te put yeur feet under that table tenight, weuldn't yeu?

And te Jewell M. Campbell, ABCD, Navy 129, Fleet Pesteffice, San Francisco,
many thanks fer the pregram ef the Pei Bewl Classic, Pacifie Ocean Area
Feetball Champienship. This was immensely interesting.

We are indebted te Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nees, of Brazil, Indiana, fer a
picture ef the meantaia where Lt. Wayne Nees was fighting when he was killed.
This peak is in the Gilbert Range on Attu in the Aleutians and has been
efficially mames "Nees Peak". The widew ef Wayne's eaptain sent the negative
from which the picture was made. Captain Murphy spent several menths up there
after the battle, and teek the picture. He lest his life in the Battle ef the
Marshall Islands. This phetegraph ef the meuntain is being framed, aleng with
' Wayme's picture. Fred Ellsworth, the alumni secretary, has berrewed eur pic-
ture ef Wayne te have ene made fer his gallery ef Warld War II herees.

Lt. Lester Kappelman, whe made letters in versity basketball and varsity
baseball in '37, '38, and '39, returned te the campus fer a shert but very
pleasant stay. Lester was wounded in the Vesges Meuntains. A machine gun
bullet severed the nerves and breke beth the radius and ulnar in his ferearm.
He is leeking fime and is fully cenfident that expert surgery, which he will
undeubtedly get, will restere the arm te practically full use in time after
the re-suturing ef the nerves.

Lte Col. Mark Alexander, a Lawrence bey whe made a great reeerd with
the paratreepers in beth Italy and France, was here fer some ef eur basketball
gamese Mark graduated frem the Scheol ef Fine Arts. He has a war recerd
secend te nene and we were henered te have him as eur guest.

Lt. (jg) Hevey Hanna, Jr., and Lt. Marien Haynes were en leaves and
accepted eur invitatien te see the Oklahema game here in Lawrence.

We are visualizing the time when yeu will all be coming back, and what
a sight it will be fer sere eyes! Teday is a real spring day on Mt. Oread.
The temperature is between 60 and 65. A terrential dewnpeur twe days ace
has greened things until the buds are bursting, we feel, prematurely. The
ce-eds are realizing that spring has sprung and they have that wistful leek
in their eyes. Kansas girls are as pretty as ever. Fer the men en the eampus,
abeut all we see are Navy uniferms, with enly a few 4=Fers, many ef whem
are halt er lame. The faculty has been beiled dewm te the bare bene. And

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