Mey 29, 1942.

Mr. Ployd A. Rowe, Principal,

Dear Ployd:

I enjoyed reading your letter of May 19th and I could |
deeply appreciate your feeling. I know what it must mean to a
father to visit with a son who doubtless is going on a lon

trek and a dangerous one.

: { mve two sons ond both, of course, are Liable to the |
same call that your son is. However, my youngest son, Bobby, has
just completed his freshmen medical year at the University of
Pemsylvania. He comes home
in three weeks to start on his sophomore year this sumer. Of
from being placed in the critical

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I, too, lmow that many young mon will never return from
foreign service, and I have exactly the same mind that you have,

I am sending you a copy of a letter that I wrote Val Lents
last year when he wrote me asking about the fan shaped backboard.
You can see that I called his hand at that time in that they are
working to no good end. I sending you a copy of a letter
that I wrote Nels Norgren _asked me to reconsider my re~
signation as chairmen of rules ttee of the National
Basketball Coaches Associations much interested any
more in the machinations of these y politicians. There are
so many more bigger and greater things that I cannot be bothered.

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Good luck to you, Floyd.

Sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education end Recreation,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach.