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KANSAS STATE COLLEGE
Of Agriculture and Applied Science

Manhattan

Department of Chemistry 7 Dec. 29, 1941

Rear Admiral John Downes
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes, Illinois

Dear Admiral Downes:

Your letter of December 23 is at hand. In
reply will state that I believe action already taken
by our Conference would permit our athletic teams to
take part in such participation as you have mentioned
in your letter.

The ruling which we passed is as follows:

"In view of the National Defense movement,
and in the interest of service morale, each Big Six
institution be permitted to schedule such competition
as it may deem advisable, and that such competition
against service teams be not counted as years of parti-
cipation against members of a varsity, "B" squad, or ©:
freshman team, nor against the limitation of existing
schedules."

1 feel I am correct in stating that our con-
ference would welcome the opportunity of assisting our
armed forces in any way in which would be possible
for us to render such assistance.

Very truly yours,

‘BeoW. Kiang
President, M.V.I.A.A.