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Bebruary 1, 1941

204 Snow Fall
University of Kansas

Dear Miss McNair,

I imgine that you will be quite surprised to hear from
mé, Miss MeNair, but nevertheless I want to thank you for the
patience and the cooperation as well as the inspiration that you
geve Charles Black, even though he got a very low grade and I
imagine did very pocr work for youe Although Charles made a €
average in his semester's work, I want you to mow that I continually
pounded him on the back endeavoring to get him to do better work
for yous —

i should like to give you a personal history of this boys
He was in Wiseonsin during the summer working at some camps His
parents moved to lawrence, Kansas in the late sumer and Charles
returned home just in time to enter the University. However, he
was attached, with e very serious granuloma, which was a heavy pus
S&6 on one of his molarse fre Alexander extracted the tooth and
told me that he has never seen a worse case of mandibular infections

Cherles was kept flat on his back for over two weeks
while this infection cleared up and this left hin ina weakened
conditione He entered school sone three weeks late, I believe, and
seemed to lack any enthusiasm or interest in his work at firste I
constantly spoke to him about his studies and he said he just could
not get pepped up about them.

< am aly mentioning these things to’ let you lnow that sometimes
there is a story back of somealled voluntary inextia or mental lassitudee
Charles came in this morning and said never again would he get a grade
like that in this school and I believe ite Being so near the brink of
failure and yet escaping the ignominiiy of such an experience I believe
has cured hime At any rete, I want to thank you for your patience and
| Kindness. He thinks you were excessively kind to him to do all the extra
work that you dids |

In the name of the Black Family I thank you very muche
Sincerely yours,

7 Director of Physical Education and Recreation
WAslg Varsity Basketball Coach - :