#2 the Hillel Foundation. I do not mean by that that the Hillel Foundation.is not as important as I have considered it, but I can see where the A.Z.A. work may be just as important and the results just as healthy. After I had seen the enthusiasm of the boys it occurred to me that possibly we were making a mistake." May I also quote you from a letter which I received from Bob Lappen of Des Moines, first vice-president of District Grand Lodge #6? "However, as I have written you before, a serious situation has arisen in regard to our local school. Two of our boys, particularly Sam Marknan, center, whom you will no doubt recall as being the outstanding star of the tournament, as well as Ben Beckerman, are playing and have been on the first Team of a local high school, North High, which school I am an alumnus (not that that makes any difference, of course.) As it happens, on the night of February 25, the semi-finals of the high school championship tournament is to be played and North High feels, and has openly expressed the fact, that if Sam Markman and Ben Beckerman leave them and do not play, that the team will be weakened and, perhaps, in part destroyed. However, the two winning teams will play their finals on Saturday night, February 26th, which will be for the purpose of choosing the city championship team as well as choosing an all-city team. In addition to this, the city championship team will play in the district tournament, leading to a state high school tourna- ment, which eventually leads to a national tournament. Now, unfortunately, before I or any other adult members of this community got into the matter, the boys werecalled to the office of the principal of theihigh school and were informed of the situation, and asked the boys with which team they would rather play, their high school team or the A.Z.A. team. The boys expressed themselves to the principal that their loyalty to the A.Z.A. and their love to play with the A.Z.A. team in Chicago far exceeded the desire to play for their high school even though it might mean bringing the city championship, state championship or national championship to their high school." The situation to which Brother Lappen has called my at- tention has been satisfactorily adjusted. I quote you some of Lappen's letter only to show you what a great appeal the A.Z.A. has for the average boy. I just wrote a letter to the rabbis at the Hillel Foundations of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, challenging them to debate our teams immediately following the Chicago tournament. Because this thought did not enter my mind until today, it may be that time will not permit these debates. However, it would have been