ANTHONY HIGH SCHOOL
ANTHONY, KANSAS

CLARENCE R. SPONG

PRINCIPAL _ January any 1943

Dr. F. C. Allen
Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phogs

I don't know whether you remember me or not, when I was in
summer school and played softball, but I do remember the pleasant
association and getting acquainted. I had been 7 years teaching
mathematics at Great Bend.before coming to Anthony to start into
the administrative field. I became acquainted with your son, Milt
when we played on the Webb Clothing basketball team there.

What I am writing about is simply this: We have been rather
fortunate in our athletic progrem this year. Thus fer we have
not lost a game in either football or basketball. Some of our
boys are interested in going to college if the draft does not
catch up with them first. The Senior boys have been concerned a—
bout the Naval V-1 Reserve program and also the Air Cadet pro-
gram, but will be 18 before so very long.

We have one boy in particular, Horace Menasco, who will be
18, March the third. He could possibly enter college the 2nd
semester this year. A friend of his was persuading him to enter
the Naval Reserve program and enroll in Phillipp's University at
Enid, Oklahoma. The boy has been in both basketball’and football
the outstanding athlete in the Southern Kansas League. Other
schools would verify that. He is a very good defensive guard,
but still does a greater share of the Scoring, weighs 1'75 pounds
and is 5' 10" tall. He possesses a marvelous physique,.is an
honor student, modest about his success, is a leader, and-has a
very fine competitive spirit.

I would like to see him go to Kansas University, if that is
what he would like to do-=provided the dreft does not catch up
with him.

He would like to go, either the 2nd semester this summer or
next fall, is able to go, and still wants to do his part in the
War Effort.

I knew that there is a very fine War Program being carried
out on the K. U. Campus and I thought you might advise us con-
cerning what might be best for him. We would hate to lose him