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not be sanctioned as an optional board for this year. Therefore, I, as
one of the committee members, would rather see the entire mtter left
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committee for next year. I am so writing Mre Porter to that effect, and
I am enclosing a copy of my letter. You can see why many coaches would
not adopt the convex board as an optional board this year because the
opponents would object to playing on a convex board after they had
practiced one fiat board.

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that were to be ineluded in the Rules Committee minutes, but they were
for me, as eheirmn, to work out with my research ¢onmittec. I was

to take this matter up with the research committee, but
apparently Mire Porter and Mre Tower did sone work while they were still
in sessione

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and of course I will be glad te do everything that I can. But since
Porter is leading out with this I would keep close to the source of
activitye I would be guided in my actions by what Porter suggests, be~
cause Porter is in a gocd position in the high schools to have any of
_ his high school people erect boards under his direction and do the re-
search work that he desires. For that reason I have always had a very
liberal attitude toward civing Mre Porter attention in the research
worke He has the facilities to work withe

You are emetly wight in not desiring to build additional backbeards
of the dimensions used in your three backboards until you get something
definite. I would press Porter for an early answer and ask his advice.
Of course, Tower is editor of the Guide and Porter is secretary of the
Rules Committee, so you see there is a pretty close hook-up there.

. Answering your question regarding appointments that I have on my
calendar for the next thirty days, I might say that on May 18, 19, 20,
22,5 23 end 26 I expect to be out of towms. ‘Some of these are high school
commencement dates which take me awy for the evening only. Our final
examinations are fron Jme 1 to 8, and commencement on Jme i112. I an
giving examinations on Jme 3 and 7. In between same of these dates I
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Referring again to the small beard, I quite agree with you that the
expense would be casiderable, and I believe that is out. The trend of
the committee was toward a larger board. s uieuahae aot ok Cee”
small that board could be to use the old attachments, such as

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