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UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY 

WEST POINT, NEW YORK 

Doctor William F. Friedman 

3801 Nebraska Avenue 

Washington 25, D .c. 

My dear Doctor Friedman:: 

11 January 1952 

This is to ask whether you will consider giving a lecture this spring 

to the cadets of the Third (Sopbomore) Class at West Point. 

Before giving further details,. I should like to explain the background 

ot this request. You may recall that Colonel Nicholas, Deputy Head ot this 

Department, met you in General W .N. Gillmore' s office last Winter; and that 

Lt.Col. Horridge, an instructor in this Department, also met you last SU11111er. 

Both ot them have enthusiastically recommended that a lecture by you: would 

be a stimulating and valuable climax to the cadet course in Statistics. 

I am sure that a talk of the type they have d~scribed to me would 

ideally suit the purpose ot our year-end lecture. Our general objective is 

to give the cadets the privilege of hearing a lecturer wbo, from tirst-hal'ld 

knowledge, can give than. a vivid idea of how mthematical or scientific methods relate to some important phase ot military activity. \Vith this broad 

purpose I prefer to leave the choice of specific subject entirely to you, 

realizing that any lecture you may give on the basis of your extensive experience will accomplish our purpose in the highest degree. 

From our standpoint it is most convenient to schedule the lecture on or 

about 2B May, 1952,. However, if some other date would be more convenient, 

please let me know and I shall make every effort to adjust our schedule 

accordingly. · 

Tbs principal audience will be cadets ot the Third Class, numbering 

approximately 700, plus about 50 officers of the faculty. Tbs cadets will 

have completed their course in Oe.lculus, and a course in Elementary Statistics 

to include some work in sampling and the testing of eypotbeses. 

We can arrange the lecture in either of two ways, according to yaur 

pref'ere.nce. First, we can assanble the entire class, plus the officers, in 

the Dei:artment ot Army Theater and hold the lecture at 7 o'clock in the 

eveni:cg. This is our usual procedure. However, it bas a drawback in tbat 

the theater (in the Cadet Gymnasium) is much larger than a normal lecture 

hall, bei:cg capable of holding 2200 people if' the galleries as w~ll as the 

main floor are filled. Nevertheless, we lave necef!ls&ry projecting equipment 

and microphone arrangements to accommodate any type of lecture there. 

The other plan "WOuld be to schedule the lecture twice, assembling half' 

the class at a time 1n the Electricity Lecrture Room in the East Academic 

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Building. Thus, we might bold one lecture in the morning and the other in 

the evening ot the same day; or we could hold them on two successive mornings, or two in succession the same morning with an bour's rest between them. 

The Electricity Lecture Room, being much smaller than the Department of Amy 

Theater, is better suited to an iDfol'!DB.l or cbatty style of lecture. It 

also has p~ jecting equipment and microphone arranganents. 

Our budget pl"Ovides an honorarium o:t $100 tor the lecturer. 

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premature w discuss your plan of travel. However, I may say in advance that 

if' you make the trip by train we shall be glad to have an officer meet you 

with an of'f'icial car in New York and bring you to West Point. We shall make 

all arrangements so tbat your trip here will be convenient and pleasant. 

It f'or any reason this invitation ought to be sent through otf'icial 

channels, please let me know and I will send a formal invitation according 

to the routing you suggest. 

I believe ·that a talk by you will provide an especially valuable educatioml opportunity f'or the cadets and officers her~. This Department looks 

forward to it with keen interest, and I hope very much that you can accept. 

Very sincerely, 

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