April li, 1941

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Mire Leaford Ff, Cushenbery -
Attorney at Law
Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Dear firs Leafords

Thank you for your good letter of April 10 giving me full inform.-
tion on Bill Forsythe I am writing him this moming and inviting him up for
the Relays, and if there are any other senior boys there whan you feel
might be offended by not being asked, I would be glad to extend the same
invitation to thems Won't you kindly advise me in this matter?

amine pleasure, t assure you, to attend your splendid
banguet and meet vour fine peoples I was much impressed with Bdll Forsyth's
father and mothers I had «© nice visit with Bill's mother and she was a
delightful wordtle She certainly understands boys and I.em sure that if

Bill should come to the University we would heave. both Mire and Mrse Forsyth

“up here oftenme I am intending this as a compliment, because we would consider
’ both parents intelli gent pare of the Universitye

 

Now, regarding @ job for Bills I can give him a job but I would
want to talk to Mrse Forsyth and I hope 1 have an opportunity of doing so
before Bill comese The reason thet I mention the mother is because I had
“a longer visit with her and I would want to tell her that there are a good
many adjustments that a Freshman must makes A fellow sweats with his brain
as well as with his muscles, and with all the adjustments that a boy is
forced to mke, if you tie him down to teo much work, then he will not be
the superior student that he would be if he put his time in extra study and
wanens adjustments.

i? this boy is Sate iol, wien enn fremene, 5 etna ott
* Iwill check him closely and see thet he is not getting around to the point
of neglecting his studies. Puring the time the boys are out for their
Freshmen Basketball, I will not let a boy play unless he makes a C averages
Each year wo drop a good many Freshmen from our freshmen Squad until they
bring their average up toa Ce None of the Freshmen are permitted to play
in the FreshmensVarsi ty game unless they have this avert.gee

I alvays hold to this for the Varsity for their non-conference
gamese Now, you can understand thet the Sig Six rules do not hold to this,
but it is my theory of getting boys on the Freshmen Team impressed with the
necessity of study, and too, I do not crack down on the boys in a hardboiled
and say to them that they cannct play if they do not make their gredesy
rather I explain to them that a depositor in a bank would not want to put
‘ola ee ties eo Then I tell them that neither do I as & coach
to spend my time on Freshmen while I am teaching then the fundamentals,
then see a en

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