HARLAN & JOHNSTON

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SUITE 6-7-8 ULRICH BLDG.

MANHATTAN, KANSAS

HAL E. HARLAN A. M. JOHNSTON

March 16, 1942

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dre Allen:

I believe you and I agreed upon March 30 as the date for
my appearance on the program of the Lawrence Rotary Club.
You requested that I tell you something of myself so as
to shorten introduction remarks. Of course I am glad to
follow your custom in this respect.

I was born in 1887 in Minneapolis, KANSAS; attended the
public schools of that little city and later attended and
graduated from Baker University in 1910. Then went to
Columbia University in New York for first year lew work.
Took the next two years at the University of Michigan from
which I graduated with J. D. degree in 1913. Located in
Manhattan in 1914 and Mr. Harlan and I became partners on
January 1, 1917 and have been partners since. I have a
wife, "vine", who was an Iowa girl; and I have two children,
Mary Louise, who is now in Kansas State College, and Bill,
who is in Manhattan High School. My only political venture
has been the customary one for young lawyers for I served
as county attorney of Riley County in the dim distant past.
Hal is the politician of this firm. Have shown sufficient
interest in community affairs to serve on the board of ed-
ucation, lib rary board, and other boards and committees
and have been president here and there but your members sre
not interested in that. Was president of the Manhattan Rotary
Club 1940-1941. I mke no claim to the unusuwal, being just
one of the many millions of Americans whose only boast is
that they are Americans. I do claim credit, however, for
having chosen agg talented and beautiful wife, and #e hav
had a part in the rearing and education of to splendid
children. That's enough isnt it Dr. Allen?

The topic for my discussion is "There's a Reason", and it
has to do with Rotary.

Anticipating a lot of pleasure in meeting the members of
your club and with fingers crossed hoping they wont be too
much disappointed in what I shall say, I am

 

My first name is Ambrose,( Hut dont tell. Am called “Brose”.