STANFORD UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

February 25, 1941

Dr. Forrest C. Allien
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear "Doe":

Thank you for your letter of February 2c... It seems
that we have gotten started on one of these long ser ren
al and refreshing controversies. It is too bad that we aren't
closer together so that we could continue the contact ina
more satisfactory manner. I suppose, though, that we would
never get to a conclusion which would please both of us. That
faet alone probably adds something to the spice of life.

We have been following your basketball fortunes as
closely as the meagre publicity here on the coast will permit.
It seems that after your slow start, which, as I understand it,
was due to the fact that the boys nad oer were just getting over
the flu, the gang has gone ahead in great shape. Your boy,
Engleman, seems to be getting a great deal of pees tet because
of his consistent scoring record.

I notice that the other teams are cutting each other's
throats in regular fashion. While I do not know the standing
of the Big Six: at the present time, my guess is that you are
far out in Treat.

Stanford clinched the championship for the southern
division of the Pacific Coast Conference last Saturday night
so that now we can coast in the rest of the way. The competi-
tion in the southern division is the weakest that it has been
for some time but on the other hand our Stanford team is one of
the best we have had. There are no outstanding stars but five
equally efficient boys.

I don't know what will happen with respect to qualify-
ing for the N.C.A.A. The northern half of our conference seems
to have forgotten an agreement which was made back in '37 with
respect to the play-off. As a consequence we are faced with the
probability that we may have to flip for the Pacific Coast Con-
ference championship, or else Stanford will have to forfeit its
right to consideration, in order that we may. have a representa-
tive at Kansas City. Both the north and the south were supposed
to finish their schedules the first week in March so that the
play-off could come the following week. For some reason the
north has extended its schedule this year, and now the play-off