GAVIN HADDEN
CIVIL ENGINEER

 

607 FIFTH AVE.,NEW YORK

August 16, 1938

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Athletic Director
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen;

Thank you ever so much for your good let-
ter of August 12th. In accordance therewith I am j
writing today to Mr. Gwinn Henry with regard to 7
the proposed new fieldhouse. I am enclosing a
copy of my letter to him herewith, and would in-
vite your attention particularly to the suggestion
I have made for the possibility of my simultaneous
service on the fieldhouse and on the gymnasium for
women. If such simultaneous service could be worked
out; I feel that it might be made exceptionally use-
ful both to the University and to me in all kinds of
ways. For just one example, each of my visits to the
University could be used for service on both build-
ings, thus doubling their value with practically no
inerease in cost, in time or expenses.

If as you say your project is still in the
"promotional stage™ it seems likely that my prelin-
inary services might be particularly helpful right
away. Please let me refer you to a letter I wrote
you away back on May 9th, 1929, in which I pointed
out that my.services are frequently engaged for the
preparation of a preliminary report, as a first step
in projects of this kind -- especially when funds for
construction are not yet in sight; and that such a
report helps to crystallize the project, to assure
the best and most economical solution of the problem,
to provide a concrete basis for the formation of
plans for financing, and to support those in charge
“by showing conelusively that proper consideration has
been given to all the many features involved. This
is of course just a suggestion from an outside view-
point, but if it interestsyou please be assured that
I would come to Lawrence just as soon as you suggest
it.