UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

LAWRENCE
February 28, 1940.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Dre Forrest Ce. Allen,
Director of Physical Education,
University of Kansase

Dear Doc;

There are a few points regarding the administration
of the Intramural program which I feel should come to your
attentione :

The first of these items I consider of greatest
importance, and I will confine this letter to that one point.
It is the question of adequate helpe Last summer we talked
the situation over and it was decided that Burt should help
on the intramuralse Since that time the addition of equitation
classes and the placing of practice teachers in the public
schools along with other duties finds Burt pretty well occupiede

While I can count upon considerable help from the
Intramural Managers, they cannot assume enough responsibility
to take much of the load off my shoulders. You will recall that
one year we had Ernie Vanek and for a semester Gordon Gray to
help in assigning officials, handling postponements, and taking
care of the general mechanics of the programe Jay Plumley did
a fine job of that phase of his work.

If we could secure some graduate student about the
type of Gordon Clucas or some well-known senior who has com-
pleted his competition, one who has tact and personality, I am
confident it would help our situation greatly. At the present
time with Johnson in the office but a couple of hours a day, I
find that I am so occupied with the mechanics of the thing that
I can do little else. I am sure that you understand that this
is in no way @ complaint or that I am unwilling to do my share,
but that I am miking this suggestion in the interest of depart=
mental progresSe

Although this is an immediate problem, I realize
that we can perhaps make no different adjustments until next
fall. If you consider it advisable I shall be pleased to mention
the problem to Dean Schwegler or other members of the budget

committee.

 

Assoce Professor, Physical Educatione