JAMES H.McGRAW,JR. Mc GRAwW- HILL B OOK COMPANY: InG ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD CURTIS G.BENJAMIN MARTIN M. FOSS JAMES S. THOMPSON CURTIS W.McGRAW Mc GRAW-HILL BUILDING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT FRANK L. EGNER 330 WEST 42nd STREET MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT NEW YORK, N-Y. JOSEPH A.HYLAND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER LONDON ; CABLE ADDRESS HUGH J.KELLY WILLIAM E. HAWKE “Mc GRAW HILL” NEW YORK ALDWYCH HOUSE,W.C.2. TRADE DEPARTMENT » SECRETARY &ASST. TREASURER October 15, 1957. Dr. Forrest C. Allen Division of Physical Fdueation University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas BETTER BASKETBALL Dear Dr. Allen: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October eighth and I am anxiously awaiting the ex- press package which the first paragraph of your letter states has been forwarded to me, and which contains all of the cut dummies of the diagrams and the copy for the titles. I am anxious to receive these because we have Sent to the printer, the cuts and cut dummies of ex- hibits called for in galleys up to 49 and as soon as these reach him hé will proceed immediately with the page makeup. Of course the printer has galleys up to 75 to make up, but 1 have not sent him any of the cut dummies of the exhibits called for in galleys 50-75, beginning with Chapter 12, because I want to send these in the order in which they are called for in the text, and diagram 1 is the first diagram called for in Chapter 12 on the bottom of galley 49. However, I am sure that the package will reach us, and we in turn will be able to send all of the necessary cuts and cut dummies to the printer before he has completed the makeup of the 75 galleys. I believe that your letter crossed in the mails my reply to your recent letter relative to the necessity for our making over exhibits 100-105 so as to inelude the basket. We are already proceeding with this, and as. stated in my recent letter, I am gratified that it has been necessary for us to make over so comparatively few. it was indeed fortunate that we took a few minutes while you were in New York to go over these pictures in order that we could get some idea of your wishes in this re- spect. In regard to the arrangement of text with the corresponding exhibits and diagrams, I am sure that you have nothing to fear, as I have explained our wishes to