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Co. Sp. (A) N.S.D., Navy 926 Fleet P.O., San Francisco Apr. 19, 1945
Dr. Donald B. Tresidder President, Stanford University
Dear Sir:
I received your March letter, I have read it through a number of times and each time I am more pleased and interested in its contents.
There are many veterans returning to civilian life now but when the war is over the number will be many and next to securing for them a lasting peace, their education is next important.
They will be given a bonus, there will be parades, speeches, medals and praises, but the money will soon be spent and the rest mostly forgotten. Unless they take advantage of the educational opportunities which are offered them they will fall by the wayside, the young generation growing up will take their places, and they will become the forgotten men that were many of the veterans of the last war.
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Many of the young men with whom I am in contact with, had to leave in the middle of college, many had neglected their education but now want to do something about it. They need guidance and encouragement. The government will pay for their education but many will pass up the opportunity unless the proper guidance and encouragement is given.
Your letter tells me that Stanford is working towards that goal. Many of the men have been away from school for quite a while but if they feel that the colleges and universities really want them back and the courses are attractive, education will become the popular part of the veteran's post war program.
Sincerely,
Howard Provan '27 M.A. '32
