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as possible regarding his men and for that reason I am not saying any-
thing. But I would like to tell them where you are stationed and so_
forth for the benefit of your many friends here in the University. _
It must be very gratifying to met so many of the former students and
graduates. We certainly will be looking forward eagerly to the time
when you are able to return to the University. I enjoyed my contacts
and friendship with you. It was all very stimulating, 1 assure you.

Now, back to the athletic situation here at the University.
I believe athletics are on a little lower ebb here than they ever have
been. But that is to be expected, naturally. We may have football
next fall, but I believe that after the football season is over and
perhaps some basketball competition that most of the athletic activities
will pass out of the picture. Professional baseball will go pretty well
because of the large crowds who are accessible to the stadium and can
depend upon the utilities to get them there. But for the colleges which
are situated away from the large cities I am afraid there will be a |
difficult time. The tire rationing and the gasoline rationing which will
come on this sumer will certainly curtail the number of spectators to ~~
football games in the small towns. By next year, I understand, we will
have two hours of daylight saving instead of one. That, of course, i#
to give the workers more daylight hours and the enemy bombers less time
to shoot at lighted factories. Frankly, I think all the sport pages
will be curtailed drastically on account of the price of newsprint. I
always tell the boys never to get excited about the fact that they read
their names in the newspapers. Newspapers print their names to sell
papers and not to eulogize the individual. .

_ The campus is thinning out very perceptibly when we look.
for the male members of the families. This next fall the University
people are expecting an additional tm or fifteen per cent decrease in
enrollment, but I believe that the Summer Session will have more than
they have been normally expecting. Almost all the students are going.
to be in some activity this sumer. Even the girls talk as if they
want to go to sumer school. I think the pollen is getting into the
nostrils of ell the people, whether young or old. They realize that
men, woman and child are-all in this war and none can escape it. I can
see a definite trend in the last few months toward this feeling on the
part of everyone. : :

I am very happy that you received your commission, but you
did not tell me what it is. Any little part that I might have played |
- to he}p you was freely and enthusiastically given. You have left many
friends here at the University end I am certainly pleased to pass on
your greetings to our mutual friends. ‘ion't you write me again, and ~
anything that you say that should be passed on, please designate it.
I realize that the enemy would like to learn some things that we might
consider incensequential, but some of these things might mean much more
to them if they were given an opportunity to learn. a

| With kindest regards and very best wishes for your continued
success, I am
Very sincerely yours,

a “Direetor of Physical Education and Recreation,
FCA:AH Neg : Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. —