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Dear

I am very glad to mow of your interest in the University
of Kansas, but as you know, we do not have any special scholarships of any
kind for athletes here at the University, and of course we do not make any
special offers to athletes on account of their athletic abilitye

I know that you do not want to sell your academic birthright
for a mess of pottagee I tell all the boys that you can get propositions from
many schools, but if I were you I would pick out a school that you really want )
to attend, and then go to that school regardless of whether you make $15.00 a 1

month or $3000 a month. : ;
If you have saved enough money to pay for your books, tuition

and incidental expenses, then I am sure that you will have no difficulty in 2
I do not want to appear p

making the grade here at the University of Kansase
to preach, because no one is converted after very much preachinge I tell all
the boys that the first thing they must get is their academic worke That is
the thing you go to school for, and you will find that your degree from the
University of Kansas will amount to just as much as you think it is worth, or

as much as you put into ite

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It is necessary for you to make definite progress toward
graduation to establish yourself as a student in the Universitye ‘There are
three other things besides academics which a student may indulge in here on
Mount Oread = athletics, politics and social lifee A boy who works his way
through, either partially or wholly, can only choose one of those three and
still make a go of his academic work and his chosen avocation or hobbye About
15% of the students at the University participate in athletics; about 15%
take part in politics as their hobby; and about 15% are active in the social
life. To endeavor to do more than one of these three prime non=necessities
of student existence is a sure debacle as far as your academic work is con-

  

cerned.

You will find that I am not trying to entice you here as a
student because you played basketball. I have never contacted basketball
players because I think that any coach who offers a boy a job on account of
hisathletic ability is doing the boy a real injurye I tell each athlete
that he cannot help the University on account of his athletic skille ‘The
University helps hime When I think of the great scientists here, - such as
Dr. Cady who discovered hebium gas - and other great men of science, then I
am reminded of the insignificance of the contribution of an athlete to his
universitye Of course, people come to see the game in which you or I are
playing, but if you or I had never been born they would still go to see the

game and to see other boys playinge

So, when you consider the University of Kansas please do not

think that I am endeavoring to entice you to the University on account of your
basketball abilitye If you should decide to attend the University I would be
glad to help you help yourself, but I cannot promise anyone assistance until

he has definitely made up his mind to enroll at Ke. U.
Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
Varsity Basketball Coache