October 17, 1945

0. Myking Mehua; Chief |
Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Yivision
Veterans Administration
Board of Trade Building
1009 Wyandotte

Kansas City 6, Missouri

Dear Mr, Mehus s

I have known Glenn Alrie Oatman for some eight or
ten years. I gave him employment as a superintendent
of our golf course here at the University during the
time that he was going through college. Glenn is a -
fine young man with exceptional golf ability, having
won the Kansas & Missouri Open Amateur Championship.

He was an excellent student. He hac to work his
way through college bedause he had no other funds. e
graduated in the School of Business and in my opinion
is a highly intellectual young man. He also coached
the track and tennis team of the University after his
graduation. It was part time, he not being on permanent
tenure. Mr. Oatman is loyal to his superiors and = __
cooperates well. He is thoroughly reliable and depend-
able and has no bad habits. He does not gamble nor
use narcotics or alchol. Ue has high —_— and
gets things done « }

llowever, “ does hawe-at times a slight infortor
complex, He is the type that could be easily self-
abused, In other words, he feels that he has gotten
the. short end of the stick while he was serving and
the other fellows were making moneys If he would forget
that angle he would be much better off. The war has
not bee responsible for this attitudd altogether.
He had it in a large part when going through the University
and after he was finished. He sees other fellows
in a far more lucrative business or he sometimes views
' the son of a wealthy parent and he makes comparsions,
leaving himself in the unfortunate position of wondering ~
why those ee @ould not come to hin.

I have ween pretty rough on hin eongerning these ce
viewpoints and I wonder sometimes if he does not think “Ng
I ama little wusympathetic. I give you these things so

that you may have the whole picture as 1 see it. —

Sincerely yours,

Se ' Direotor of Physical Education,
~PCA:Im Varsity Basketball Coach