JAMES NCQRAW.In., McGRAw-HiILL Book COMPANY: INC. —— CURTIS G.BENJAMIN MARTIN M.FOSS PRESIDENT Mc GRAW-HILL BUILDING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT ; FRANK L. EGNER JAMES S. THOMPSON 330 WEST 42nd STREET MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT Lae ae NEW YORK, Noy. JOSEPH A.HYLAND CURTIS W.McGRAW a : PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER cine nana LONDON eck a WILLIAM _E. HAWKE “Mc GRAW HILL” NEW YORK ALDWYCH HOUSE,W.C.2. TRADE DEPARTMENT K SECRETARY & ASST. TREASURER October 8,1937 Dr. Forrest %. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas BETTER BASKETBALL Dear Dr. Allen: I have been holding your letter of October 4th aweiting the packege of tracings. This was received very lete last night, too lete to enable me to check it “over and write you. I opened up the package the very first thing this morning. There is nothing much for me to do, except to pull out the tracing of Diagram 51 in which a correction is required in panel 4 and the pencil drawing of the symbols. the rest of the illustrations are being order- ed and I am asking the engraver to turn out the cuts with all possible speed. I shall have the correction made in Diagram 51 and also rush a reproduction drawing of the symbols and then also order the engravings of these two illustrations. I am returning enclosed the originals of Diagrams Sl. and 8S. the original of Diagram 83 which you state in your letter you did not receive was among the tracings, and was probably overlooked by you in your rush to check the tracings and return them, By now you must have received the package of origin- als I returned on October 4th. This shipment together with the enclosed originals of Diagrams 51 and 83 will, I feel sure, place in your hands the complete diagrams. If this is not so, kindly let me know right away. We have now received from you a great number of the galley proofs but of course cannot proceed with the paging of the book until you return to us the cut dummies of the illustrations and the originals of the diagrams that are re- quired in the text. I trust you are planning on sending these cut dummies and originals to us, together with the copy for the legends of the illustrations,real soon The last paragraph of your letter is not entirely