August 29, 1941.

Mise Ruth Baker,
Lebo, Kansas.

‘Dear Miss Baker:

by sene to wei Hag Wn Wakao, although my late
acknowledgment of your postoard dated July Sth might indicate such
a fact. However, the Catskill Mountains are nearer your abode than
mind. 7

I finished our eight weeks Summer Sesaion here on
August 6th, and then went up to Iowa at the Iowa State High Scheol
Athletic Coaches Association master coaching school in which Clark
Shaughnessy of Stanford, Bernie Bierman of Minnesota, Henry Iba of
Oklahoma A, & M., and I taught 325 enterprising young high school
coaches the theories of basketball end football, some of wich were
supposed to work and some perhaps which will never wrke

Our summer playground here was the most successful
of eny year thet we heve promoted it. It is getting to be quite an
institution now and not only is the talk of the tom but the fame
is spreading over the state and elsewhere. Next year we hope to in-

corporate Lewn Bowls in our expanding progrem.

So busily were wo engrossed here that not only did
I not co east, but I got only 40 miles eway and that was to Kansas

- City once during the eight weeks one night to see the Blues play.

Our weather here during the sumer has been marvelous.

I am addressing this letter to your home tow of
red roofs, at least that is the way it looks from highway /50 as we
speed toward Emporia or Wichita. But I remember that I spent one
whole night in Lebo and it was a very hospiteble town. I went down
with Rev. Hunt to deliver an athletic banquet talk and we were snowed
in so completely that we stayed all the next day. So I can see why
you live so long in Lebo. People just naturally stay there a long
time and if their inclinations are otherwise Mother Nature fixes it

I imagine that you are going back to Battle Creek.
We will be glad to see you and say hello if you should come on Mount
Oread before you go back. We are very proud of the success that you
ere making and we trust thet you will continue to climb.

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Sincerely yours,

| Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.