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Simonton, Kutac & Barnidge, L.L.P.
Certified Public Accountants
909 Fannin, Suite 2050
Houston, Texas 77010
January 15, 1997
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors,
West University Fund, Inc.
Houston, Texas
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of West
University Fund, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1996, we considered
its internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our audit procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal
control structure.
The management of West University Fund, Inc. is responsible for establishing
and maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of internal control
structure policies and procedures. Two of the objectives of an internal
control structure are to provide management with reasonable, but not
absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss from
authorized use or disposi
ermit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and may not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that
it may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness if the design and operations may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be
material weakness under standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which
the design or operation of the specific internal control structure elements
does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or
irregularities in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial
course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters
involving the internal control structure, including procedures for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as
defined above as of December 31, 1996.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Simonton, Kutac and Barnidge, L.L.P.
