June 5th, 1941 ee

Doctor Fred W. Leuhring
Assistant to the Dean

Department of Physical Education
University of Pennsylvania
rhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Dear. Pred:

Pardon my failure to answer your good letter
of May 19th, sooner. I was indeed happy to hear from
you and to learn that George Baxter at the State University
of Iowa is a good friend of yours.

I had the pleasure of a visit with him and was
delighted with his personality. I was asked by our Chancellor
along with other faculty members, my choice. And you can rest
assured that he was number one on my list of recommends. There
was one other among our candidates that appeared here who made
a profound impression upon me but he was unobtainable.

I'm very happy, indeed, that we are to have Mr. Smith
with us beginning September. It will be a pleasure to know
him better. |

The fact that Bob made Phi Beta Kappa makes us more proud ‘
of his academic achievements, in view of the fact that he gave
part of his time to athletics. We have a daughter, Eleanor, who
is finishing her Sophomore year here and Mrs. Allen thinks it
vould be nice for Eleanor, after having spent two years here, —
to accompany Bob to Pennsylvania. We're going through that at
the present time, but have made no definite decision. leanor
and -Bob have been great pals and | believe it will be a fine
thing for both of them, if things work out as they hope.

With all good wishes, I an,

Sincerely yours,

Director of. Physical ‘Education
and Recreation-Varsity Basketball
FCA: re and Baseball Coach.