November 20, 1940

lire We Ce Simons
President, The Lawrence Daily Journal-forld |
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear tre Simons:

Your good letter of October 31 has not gone unenswered because
I did not went to give it earlier attention than I have. I was out
of town some ten days at the time your letter errived and I have been
on so many speaking tours that it has been impossible for me to find
time for dictetione I am up here at the office at 10:15 tonight dic-
tating this letter to you slong with others that I should have answered
quite some time ago. | 3

I am very happy to heve your letter and I concur one hundred per
cent in your belief regarding the very valuable beriefit of physical
exercise. I am very sure thet we can arrange to have Dolph come up
and play with the feculty under the direction of Yr. Burt DeCroot.
fhe faculty meet with Mr. DeGroot on Wednesdays end Frideys et 4:30.
-I ean meke arrangements so Dolph could exercise with these boys if he
would like to. They pley volley ball and none of them ere too stren-
uouse I believe it would fit in very nicely.

If he dees not like this set up I believe that we could cooperate
with the Lawrence High School people and arrange to secure use of
their gym for gomes similar to the ones our faculty usee I believe
we would have no difficulty in getting someone to conduct this work
at the high school that would prove both beneficial and highly rece
reative to Dolph and his group, if he would prefer a less crowded con-
dition than we have here at the University. |

After you have talked the matter over with Dolph, if you will
give me a ring I will be glad to drop down at some convenient time
and talk this over with youe Personally, I believe the high school
would be a better place for Delph and his group because some of these
faculty members do not unlimber either physically or socially, but
they are a bunch of swell fellows and too, there would be more room
for them at the high schoole Also, the high school would be closer to
Dolph's domicile and I believe that Neal “herry and that group of people
would be glad to serve the Lawrence community in a neighborly way.

I am very sure that we ean furnish the personnel if arrengements
can be made to use the gyme 3