Mr, Raymond Nichols , le 4
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Dear Rays / . es

You and I have had discussions regarding the necessity of our probe
ably enlarging our instructors' staff for the additional Navy requirements and for
the enlargement of our professional school work, In sppraising the offering of
Courses necessary to carry on our professional school and at the same time meet the
Navy requirements, as well as an enlarged demand for intramurals, I find that I am
faced with the manpower shortage in scheduling personnel to handle the thing. After
working with Messrs, Shenk and Kanehl on this proposition, and after assigning a full.
teaching load to each of our staff, I find that we have a total of thirty-two instruce.
tion hours remaining to be assigned. It seems advisable under these circumstances to
add instructors to handle this overload, oe

(Our offering is still too meeker in attractive activity. We should
probably offer more sections in wrestling, boxing and apparatus, especially for the
benefit of the Navy. There is also a demand for these activities and others from
the Seturning service men, It is: my understanding thet Navy men may enroll in these
activity classes in lieu of the general Physical Education, |

_, it has also been necessary to hire much additional student help in
_monitory service on account of the new basket system that we have installed for the
Navy. The officers of the Navy demanded that we have some system that would prevent ©
the Navy students from taking equipment out of the other fellow's locker, Therefore,
we had Mr, Bayles put in wooden strips between the basket lockers. The Navy requires
the students to have locks or the baskets and this strip makes the basket seoure and
sa¥e against purloining by anyone else not owning the basket. The abuse got so bad
that many of the V«12 boys could not report to class due to the lack of equipment,
which was a Navy must.

I find, too, that our towels have been depleted to such an extent, due
to the wear and tear of laundering and use by the men, that we must immediately order
@ large supply,

Our cost of the administration of these affairs is going to be far in
excess of what it was estimated last’ year. This, of course, is on account of greatly
increased enrollment and this which I have just mentioned. | :

: Tam just leaving now for Manhattan but will get in touch with you |
&$8 soon as possible. Upon our return from Manhattan, we leave for Lincoln, Nebraska,
at one o'clock Thursday, so I fear it will be the first of the week, at which time I
hope to have a conference with youe : ; |

j | . Very cordially yours,

Director of Physical Bdues tion,
Varsity Basketball Coach.