OFFICE OF THE DEAN THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION LAWRENCE October 10, 1939 Dr. Forrest C. Allen 105 Robinson Gymnasium The University of Kansas My dear Dr. Allen: The suggestion you have made for a recreational pro- gram for faculty children seems to me to be an excel- lent idea. I shall be happy to cooperate in any way that I can. Sincerely yours, e &,... aymond A, Schwegler , ean WR: RW 65 Lawrence Public Schools CLIFFORD D. DEAN, SUPERINTENDENT Lawrence, Kansas October 10, 1939 Dr. Forrest Ce Allen, Director Physical Education and Recreation and Varsity Basketball Coach © University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dre Allen: I was very much interested in your letter of Oct= ober 9, inclosing the information regarding your plen of recreation for the children of faculty mem= bers on Saturday morningse We appreciate the fact that there is a lack of available playground space in the City of Lawrence. Whenever the opportunity presents itself you may be sure that we will be glad to cooperate with you in any way possible to improve the recreational and playground facilities for Lawrence childrene ‘ Very sincerely yours, , A Kaan’, Cli rd D. Dean CDD: VW Mrs. Ee Be Bayles == Interested in Social Dancing for Juhior High School groupe October 6, 1939 Dear Fellow Faculty Members: Doubtless you have noticed, along with the rest of us, the great poverty of play facilities for our children here in the city of Lawrence. With that idea in mind, the Department of Physical Education desires to render service to faculty members who have children. Our plans are not fully worked out, but our idea is to open the gymnasium on Saturday mornings to the children of faculty members. We plan to use our physical education faculty to teach your youngsters recreative games and play. If you will send to my office the names of your children, ages and sex, our faculty will outline a program for your approval. There will be no charge for any of this service, If we can get sizeable groups, members of our women's department will teach the girls, and our staff in the men's department will teach the boys. This, of course, would not include , instruction in individual sports, such as boxing, and individual tap dancing, but we had in mind such group activities as swinming, basketball, badminton, deck tennis, suffleboard, volley ball and tap dancing for tne youngsters. In case any parents should desire to accompany their children they will be welcome, The Lawrence public schools close their gymnasia in, the high school and the elementary schools at vacation time, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, We have petitioned the past superintendent of schools and the members of the Board of Education to keep the gymnasia and the playgrounds open so # that Lawrence children may have a safe and wholesome place to play during vacation time under supervision. My notion is that if you parents would reflect this opinion to the members of the Board they would see the great cnjoyment that accrues to children during their free time. And too, it would relieve us here in Robinson Gymnasium of having a great number of the school children of Lawrence swarm on us with play paraphernalia. There is an unwritten rule at the University which prohibits others than University students from using the facilities, The University cannot be expected to take care of the problems of the city of Lawrence in this instance, at least. . | We shall be very happy to have your early response to our proposed plan so that we may work out a definite schedule, Very) sincerely yours, FCA: AH Director of Physical Education and Regreatio CHG - Varsity Basket Ball Coach CA, WA 2 tee age 7 / October 9, 1959— Dear Superintendent Dean: I an enclosing, for your information, a copy of a letter that I have sent out to our faculty members concern ing our proposed plan of providing sae recreation for the children of faculty manbers on Seturday mornings. — I en gure that you realize the gront poverty of ovorything we can for the children es woll as their parents, jeniglbenl-y- Sipatnaalioen pall panne snalirestioe gral ar valparaiso | } pirestor of Piynto futon tt Renretty = ae ek a . © ae 9 OF mun Psi “| Sle