November 15, 1944.

Mr. BE. C. Quigley,
Director of Athletics.

Dear Mr. Quigley s

‘ Referring to our conversation concerning our practicing
in the auditorium, I desire to say that in the early years before the
auditoriwn was built, Chancellor Lindley asked the Legislature for an
auditorium. It was defeated. The next biennium he asked for a combin-
etion auditorium and basketball court, and a bill was enacted to construct
this building. |

We have never been able to practice in the auditorium
more than two afternoons in the week, from 5150 until 5:30. This places
us at a decided disadvantage with the other Big Six schools who all
‘practice on the same arena that they play on. We lnmve repeatedly asked
that we have better opportunities to develop our team, but have been re-
fused each time. |

It is impossible for our team to go over to the auditorium
after we have previously worked in the gymasiws here. in the development
ef our fundamentals the boys naturally perspire. Therefore, it is imposs-
ible for us to work here until we get up a perspiration and then go over
to the arena on account of subjecting our boys to the dangers of influenza,
tonsilliths and colds. It would take no flight of the imagination to see

that any doctor would condemn our getting them warm in one building and
running them over to enother.

| I mention this because the authorities perhaps would tell
you that we could have it after 5:20. This, of course, is when their day
is finished.

It seems only right and justifiable that we should have
the auditorium arena from 3:30 on during the months of December, January
and February. Dean Swarthout has had a Christmas Vesper there at which
time he exacts the use of the auditorium not only on Sunday, but Thursday,
Friday and Saturday preceding the Vesper. We are not even permitted to
go on the floor at that time because they prepare - the artists do - for
some work on the stage and they think basketball interferes with it.