Anchorage, Kentucky
September 2, 1940

Mre Ralph Miller
Kansas Highway Depte
Topeka, Kansas

My dear Ralphs;

I received your very frank letter and I assure you that I
believe you wrote me from your deeper convictionse I want you to know,
however, that not one person but several persons--five or six--spoke to
me concerning their disappointment in your failure to measure up to the
standard they had set for youe

In Topeka, people told me of your drinking in public and of
your smoking cigarettes, of your being out atiall hours, of your seldom
ever getting in--except in the wee hours of the mornings

I think that I told you that soon after the Indiana-Kansas
game, faculty members who were not on the Athletic Board came to me and
told me of conversations which they had with your father==these same
resembling the statements which you have been making in Topekte

When we had luncheon with Dre Kirkpatrick, at the Pennant,
ina friendly gesture I caught hold of your arm and was struck by the
lack of tone in your brachial musclese I realize that it is perhaps not
for me to outline your social behavior during vacation timee But I do
know that your behavior during the sumer months is a pretty accurate
barometer as to your schooletime physical condition and your mental
attitudese But when a chap makes seditious remarks concerning his super=
iors that is doubly bade It was these remarks which called forth the
reprimande

In addition to the loyalty to your school, your organization,
and your coach, there is the added obligation which you owe to the young
people who watch you for their inspiratione They are watching every
move you makee This is the price that we pay either for public acclaim
or for public censure--as the case may bee

It may be that I set my goal too high for youe-for your attain-
ment of the durable things of life==the making and the keeping of fast
friends--the procurement of a good jobeemarriage--children--and all of
these and more to be favorably introduced by your successful athletic
careere And no boy whom I have ever met was ahead of you, in my desire
to see this dream come truée