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December 24, 1942.

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

Dear Doc:

I was very glad to hear from you again after so
long a time and to know that you were interested in the two
boys from here, Claire Gillin and Kenneth Coulter.

I am not sure about Coulter on what his plans may
be for college, but I know that Gillin wants to go to the
medic school and is very much interested in the University
of Kansas. Incidentally, he is at the present moment the
boy friend of Mimi and so I happen to know a good deal of
his plans and aspirations.

I haven't seen much of the Coulter boy for the
past several years, but as a youngster ten or eleven years
old I thought most highly of him. At that age I thought
he had the makings of about the best football player I had
ever seen but somehow he got side-tracked from football and
has devoted all of his athletic energies to basketball.

I know he is a battler and a competitor of the first water.
Gillin, I think, is quite lazy with not so much fire but
possesses a lot of natural ability. I shall make it a point
to see Coulter before long and, of course, I will see Gillin
all during the vacation.

I observe that you are having some difficulties with
your basketball team. I hope they won't become serious.
From your remarks I take it that some of the boys are trying
to tell you how to run the ball team. This, I am afraid they
will have trouble doing.

Lots of good luck and a Happy Victorious New Year.

Sincerely yours,

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