STANFORD UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF MEN 4

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA

September 5, 1939

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

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Dear Doctor Allen:

Thank you very much for your recent letters which
have gone unanswered until now because of the fact that I :
have just returned from my vacation. Bonnie and I took a 4
boat trip to Alaska this year and I don't believe we have »
enjoyed anything as much as this experience.

Now with respect to your plans for the National Col-
legiate Tournaments. I agree most heartily with your senti-
ment that we must exert every effort to make money on this
year's tournament. I was very much surprised also that the
deficit for last year amounted to $2500. I have talked to
Bill Owens about the whole situation and feel that he and
the rest of his board are a little too much concerned about
our activities. I reminded him of the fact that, after all,
the basketball committee is the only income producing com-
mittee in the whole organization and that therefore this
initial experience should not be condemned too seriously.
However, in view of the competition which we are facing in
the east, I am very much concerned about the future.

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You and I agree exactly with respect to playing games
on the home court of one of the teams. From a financial point
of view, however, I can readily see that it may be the better
policy to waive our own personal feelings. I am not sure, in ,
G@ny case in your section, but that Kansas City is the ideal |
spot. I would go with you, however, in saying that it would
be wise to withhold a final decision until later in the season.
If you can secure the guarantees which were probably given |
rather hastily by Oklahoma A. & M., I would not hesitate to
accept then.

I am sending you under separate cover all of my cor-
respondence and planning in connection with the tournament 7
which was held out here last year. This may be of some help ‘
to you in avoiding the mistakes which I made. As an old cam-
paigner, however, you probably will have no need of this in-
formation.