L. E. HELVERN
ATTORNEY AT LAW

HIAWATHA, KANSAS ; March 27, 1941

Mr. Forrest C. Allen, see
Director of Physical Education and Recreation,
Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach,
University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Fog:

I have your letter of March 20th regarding the placing
of a K.U. man in Hiawatha as athletic coach,

We have had for the past term Coach Socolofsky who is
a former Kansas Aggie man and there will be a vacancy to be filled
soon.

I have discussed this matter with a couple members of
the School Board. Mp. Frank W. Sterns is a former K.U. man
graduating in 1915. Walker F. Means is also a K.U. man and both
are on the School Board. They give me the impression that they
want to get a K.U. man as coach. I inquired something as to
the qualifications which they desired the coach to have. Mr.
Sterns told me he thought that they would like to have a man who
had played basketball and football and who had a letter in at
least one of the sports, preferably football. They especially
desire someone who played on the K.U basketball team under your
eoaching. ;

The School Board will hire some thirty-five teachers at
their next ne meeting which is on April 7th. Mr. Sterns
told me that in all probability they wouldn't employ a coach at
that time. He said the reason for this is that they wanted to
wait until they hired the teachers so that they could ascertain
what particular subject the coach would teach and until they
hired the teachers they wouldn't know what subjects would be left
open and hence qoulaa’t ecu to hire the coach until that time.

I asked him what applicants should do who were wanting to be
placed here and he said his suggestion would be that they come
up to Hiawatha and meet the Saute of ths Sehool Board and place
before them their qualifications and then a little later they
would employ the coach,

You mention Ed Halil. I know him quite well and in my
opinion he would fit in very admirably. But you know these
boys better than I do and I suggest you pick two or three who you
think might be able to fill the qualifications which I mentioned
above and have them make it a point to come to Hiawatha and
meet the individual members of the School Board. I have a hunch
they will choose one of them if they possibly can,