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HIGH SCHOOL BOARD FACULTY
W. L. OLSON, Director , GEO. A. GRAHAM, CoMMERCE
Eo, BECK, TREASURER : DWIGHT RU RAL H IGH SCHOOL BOYDIE RICH, ENGLISH & Music
EVERETT CLEMENS, CLERK MARION THOMPSON, Home Economics
; JOEL N. MARTIN, PRINCIPAL JOHN F. HANSON, SCIENCE & ATHLETICS

DWIGHT, KANSAS

May 5, 1939.

* Dr. Fe. Cy Alion
Director of Physical Education
Kansas University
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Dr. AlleH:

Thank you very much for your letter of the 27th
instant in regard to our student and athlete, Harold
Wright. I gave Harold the information that same
evening and he seemed much happier than he has for
some time. His situation is rather unusual. He is
the son of parents who, though they have never been
wealthy, have had a nice income and have been good
spenders. Having lost this income and most of the
little property they had accumulated, and having been
relegated to the rank of "relief workers" has been
hard on their pride and more so on Harold's than any
other member of the family, I believe. He had practi-
cally given up the intention of going on to school, I
believe, and that would have been unfortunate for him
for he is an excellent student and remaining in the en-
vironment in which he would fine himself here after
graduating from high school, would not be very elevating.

Now he is looking for employment for the summer
and I do hope he can find enough to enable himeto get
started. I'm certain that if he does get started and
you get to work with him some in basketball, Dr. Allen,
you'll agree with me that he has great possibilities in
that sport. And you'll never find a more sincere or
cooperative person to work with.

But the purpose of this letter was to thank you.
loam 20 tmcerested in this boy that it is difficult for
me to write concerning him without becoming a trifle
verbose.