| AE mish = Ll >; bit some day all our troubles wi replace We are having We would like authority to get someone to . et least one of these mon right amy. irritation and travail Selahé&. cease. Director of Physical Baucation, Cordially yours, Varsity Basketball Coach. October 15, 1942. 58 its $523 s abe Gh i Tal bt, gO july aid =k me ed to Fasip! gis ‘ : Z : , atagel 1; | ed le ltt iy 3 $3 543 42 3 . 3 a f #3 iM 1 Hu: ili 3 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence Office of The Chancellor May 26, 1942 TO DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN: In order to accommodate the Naval Training Program it will be necessary to withdraw the entire west wing and third floor of Frank Strong Hall from use for University offices and classes. This means that the departments of History, Political Science, Sociology, Physiol- ogy, Design, Drawing and Painting, and Business must be housed in rooms normally used by other departments. In addition, some teaching rooms will be needed for the Navy project. To make quarters available for these departments in the emergency will require every department on the campus to cooperate in using every room to capacity. Ingenious planning will be necessary, both on the part of departments and the committee, but I am confident that the schedule can be worked out with the minimum of inconvenience. When you work on your class schedule for next fall it is suggested that the following formula may be helpful in enabling you to utilize your departmental rooms to capacity: Fill any one room to capacity before using a second room ~- six mornings a week and five afternoons a week until 4:30. Graduate and advanced classes that are likely to have small enrollments might well be listed to meet either by appointment or in departmental offices, with the expectation that definite meeting places will become available later on. There is another problem not yet squarely before us, and therefore need not be considered now. It is the possibility that there may be a demand for late. afternoon and evening classes to fit into the day shift of the Hercules Powder Company operations for students who want to spend some of their time on a job. Further consideration will be given to this as the company's program develops.. I do not know how near to the formula any particular de- partment can come, but it seems to be the goal towards which the Uni- versity as a whole must strive if the space problem is to be solved. Please send in your reports as soon as you can conveniently do so; in no case should they come in later than June 8. If you meet any unusual situations or have any questions to ask, please feel free to call me. Sincerely yours, RAYMOND NICHOLS, Chairman Committee on Assignment of Quarters January 18, 1943. Memorandum to Chancellor Malott: I am enclosing a copy of the letter I wrote Henry Iba concerning our games with the Oklahoma Aggies. I thought this was an easier way of discontinuing our games than to break off abruptly. This is what I had in mind when I wrote last week. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical BEducation, Varsity Basketball Coach. COPY Jenuary 14, 1945. Mr. Henry Iba, Basketball Coach, Oklahoma Ae & Me College, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Dear Henry: I have been thinking pretty seriously concerning what you said to me after the game last night. I am writing you frankly and freely, ex- pressing my best thoughts regarding our game. I can well remember when we started our series, when we brought a sophomore team down to your field house and we had tvo fine games. We lost both of them but the spirit was fine. In fact, I remember a game that Parke Carroll and Ted ofSulliven worked at your place when there were but two fouls ‘called, as I remember it, and those fouls wete right near the end of the game. The game was free and open, with a lot of fine passing and no rough bodily con- tact marring the issue. I am thinking particularly of our last two games here in Lawrence. They have been dull, multiple-fouling contests in which the spectators have been very much displeased at the type of exhibition. Last year many of our spectators came to me and said, “I hope you never play another game with the Aggies because this is not basketball." I was impressed this year with the toughness of the contest. It did not look like our former Aggie games. And then we played this one last night and it took on the seme sort of a near brawl, Many of the people, different ones, this year came up with the same criticism. 5 I am wondering, Hank, if these games continue like this, frankly if it is the best thing to continue or to wait a while after this yeare I know you felt pretty strongly regarding last night, but I did not have an opportunity to talk to yau concerning your criticism. I kmow that you were not pleased end I was disappointed. Won't you write me as frankly as I have written you and explain why the two last games played here have had to be like this? We do not have them at Stillwater, and I am wondering why we have to have it here. The Kansas public simply does not like that kind of basketball. And too, they could not understand why you finished the game with but four men when you had other men that you could have filled in with to make a five-man team. Wishing you continued success, and assuring you of my friendship for you, lam Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach. January 6, 1942. Chancellor Deane W. Malott, University of Kansas. Dear Chancellor Malott: - Replying to your query concerning Mr. George L. Rider's letter to you, I beg to state that it is high time that the N.C.AA. is taking some steps to = their rules respected. sie mica Se Mike tn Cis. nmeeee Xsede. cies Vina wn 4 Mak Me conferences comprising the schools under the N.C.A.A. elect a ozar- commissioner, or a super-comsissioner, that this czar~commissioner have full authority to investigate any complaints or acts of il- legality, and to prescribe the penalty without resorting to a board. In other words, give him carte blanche authority as is given Judge Landis, to mete out penalties and decisions, and that his word is | final. T would further add that such commissioners as Commissioner Atherton of the Pacific Coast be installed as commissioners in other | conferences. Comissioner Atherton is the only commissioner who is 7- doing the job of a comaissioner. The other fellows are merely figure- heads or clerks who select officials for conference games, but who do not have disciplinary authority. There are soue commissioners who are hired to — =o ee aterm it ee conference scandal. e: Unfortunately the athletic conferences are much in the sane tix as. other organizations of the present day. They do not regard printed rules as anything other than to break. ‘So many coaches and athletic directors have got stuff on the other fellows that no ome will charge anyone else with a misdemeanor for fear that someone will squeal on him and break his little glass house. In my opinion, intereollegiete . athletics are in the worst fix that they have ever beon in. But I believe that this war is going to deflate them all so badly that there will not be much denger during war tine. : My suggestion would be that the American Association of University Presidents and other administrators look inte the future now as is the National administration when they are planning ahead to take up the slack that will come when the war is over, If a group of educators could pian to get hold of the start of the new athletic era with a set of rules with teeth in them, then that would lessen the abuses end keep athletics in bound. a. 8 Sincerely yours, Director of Yhysical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coech. FCA :AH June lil, 1943. Mr. Raymond Nichols, Chancellor's office. Dear Raymond: Knowing how busy you have been with the Navy personnel and ea ae es cae oe you regarding Deen Nesmith eee ee ee ee we ee eee University of Kansas. Dean is now civilian trainer and hospital aide at the Olathe Air Base. His salary there is $2600 for 12 months. His salary here at the University for the Athletic Association was $1700 or $1750 for ten months. His only reason in going to Olathe was on account of the increased salary. He has not been able to secure a home in Olathe and his residence is still here in Lawrence. I learn through reliable information that he would be interested in coming back here to the University under favorable conditions. Henry Shenk is taking over football and track this next year. There is great need for an equipment and property man at the stadium due to the fact that Mr. Hutehinson, the former custodian, went to the high school as janitor. Heury Shenk expects to have swmer football practice later on. He also expects to build the nucleus of a track team, using this semester in an opportune way. He will need someone at the stadium in the afterncons. Dean could do all of this, train the team, and take classes in our conditioning course. ‘There is pressing need for personnel in our conditioning course, starting July 1. We will need more help than we nowhave. I am personally informed by Henry Shenk of the status of Dean Nesmith, and Henry talked with the Chancellor. Henry informs me that the Chancellor asked if you could not handle the situation, and I am > MESSE Me AeSter Se wegert Te De senverentien of Sey Geek with Ge Chancellor. Dean Nesmith is willing to return here for the same salary that he is getting at Olathe. The Athletic Association could pay Dean for trainer, property and equipment man. He could supervise that work, and then the Navy could pay a part of his salery for physical conditioning. I believe we could ask Dean to take three and possibly four classes this sumer, and you could charge the Navy what you think is fair. I have just had a conference with Lieut. Neal and Lieut. Douglas @re anxious that Messrs. Shenk, Strait and Kanehl handle as many jJasses as possible. It may be that Dean will have to take over fli At any rate, we can give him a full schedule if this agreeable to you and the Chancellor. fo get him by July lst we to work several angles, but I think it can be done. I would that he be paid $2600 on a 12 months basis. Of course the pro rate. payment would of necessity be worked out by you. t FRE iti : 5 o : il i After you have read this I would be happy to talk to you at your | Very cordially yours, Direstor of Physical Education, FPCA:h Varsity Basketball Coach. 3 ‘ j “e i! i Bin ye 2 vt Haat Hh ite inh Ft Hs aati ii ih ‘ i iT i et i fh ste ii i next r for at the fo B age for this we cannot HTP Ha 3 iii if Hl ths svaneed Seman tes is caer. sets dil’ Ue Glo eae nation y akerioale Very cordially yours, Direotor of Physical Edusation, Vereity Basketball Conch. September 16, 1942. & A, price on the betulin but the bill has not as g00n as it arrives I am sure that iwillt - I trust that both the glycolixir and the betulin are giving a good account of themselves to the Malott family. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA: All Varsity Basketball Coachs THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR | January 17, 1942 Dr. F, G, Allen University of Kansas Dear Dr, Allen: This will acinowledge your summary of the talk you gave at the basketball rally on Tuesday, January 6. Although the convocation committee has not adopted a policy of requiring a written summary of each convocation program, I am glad to have your report to circulate to the members of the committee. I attended the convocation myself and although I did not leave with a feeling that you had used the convocation to “brawl", I did feel that your treatment of the Tucker case near the end of the hour was rather emphatic. I should not have handled it that way, but then I readily admit that my neck is not as tough as yours! Hurdle yours, RN:B ive Secretary Osteber il, 1941 Chanceller Deane W. Malett Prank Strong Hall Campus Dear Chancellor Malott, Perhaps a fellow should be lectured to for thinking of thie and down-right reprimanded for suggesting it, but the thought comes to me over and over, so I'm placing it before your consideration. In the early 20's the students were charged ea Union Building fee- that was for their social betterment. In 1931 the hospital was built and they were charged a hospital fee for the benefit of their health. For quite some years they've been charged an activity fee for their all-around betterment. The State of Kansas cannot pay for these extras and everybody agrées that the fee is legitimate. But what about their physical betterment? — : The State of Eansas has not had any money apparently to construc t play devices er build buildiz | des for the student's physical or recreational needs. Therefore, it seems legicel and thinkable to me thet instead of askine a few thousend students to subscribe or donate funds for handball courts, temnis courts, etc. why would it not be possible for each and every student to pay $1.00 upon their activity ticket each year for facilities for skiing, night ice- skating, tennis courts, handball courts, ete.? By this method a definite and long-range policy of building play facilities for the students could be undertakéneand accomplished. Over six years ago I had Prof. F. A. Russell figure for a concrete handball and tennis court unit construction plan. Well, of course, there was no appropriation by the state, and those plans lie in a quiescent state. : When I was Director of Athletics, I spent $1,000 dollars per year out of the Athletic funds on play facilities for physical education. The golf course was rehabilitated, eight wooden handball courte were built, the tennis courts were constructed, and all of these were paid for out of the athletic funds. It has now been five years since the set-up was changed administratively, and no funds have come in to continue such a program. As you probably know, four of the handball courts have deteriorated and have passed out of existence, and the others are in a very bad state of repair. Even for the painting of the inside of these courts, the department of physical education had to pay. You can see that unless some definite plan of rehabilitation is ogo undertaken, our program will break-down all at onee, and some= body, meaning us, will be criticized for a short-sighted building policy. a With pardonable pride I might say that I have the vision, but no moneys : hs , | { ' Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation FCA/pg Varsity Basketball Coach Septenber 29, 1941. Mr. Raymond Nichols, Chancellor's Office, University of Kansas. Dear Mr. Nichols: Confirming our telephone conversation of last Seturdey morning I am writing to request that the balance in item #7 of our salary budget be transferred to our ir- regular payroll fund. I am today sending to Dean Smith for his signature the appointment blanks for Carl Jessup and William Belt, two graduate students whe are teaching physical education classes. I am presuming that their salaries will be deducted from this item before the balance is transferred to the irregular pay- roli fund. | We are using Heven Glassmire, John Pfitsch and one or two other well-qualified students te handle some of our activity classes. in view of the government's most recent ruling regarding the selectees’ induction into the Army, we feel it is not expedient to send through regular appointments for these young men. For that reason we shall take care of Therefore, if you will kindly have this balance transferred I shall appreciate it. Sincerely yours, Direetor of Physical Education and Recreation, FCA:A Varsity Basketball and Baseball Coach. September 6, 1943. Venorandum to Chancellor Malott Thank you so much for the tear sheet from the Colorado Collefe Alumni News showing the cargo net as a part of their obstacle course. I think this is swell, and we hope to utilize it. I promise you that we will have a “dinger” of an obstacle course, but I do appreciate your send- ing the aids along to us. I am returning the book in couple of days. , Sinsavely, Pirector of Physical Education, POA :All Varsity Basketball Coach. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR August 31, 1943 Memorandum to Dr. Allen: Confirming our telephone agreement, Hoch Auditorium is to be released at 3:30 Thursday and Friday of this week for examina- tions of ASTP students in physics and chemistry. The examinations will not start until 4:30 but the janitors will need an hour to seat the basketball court. I hope that the weather man will be with you Thursday and Friday so that the men can get in the full two hours of exercise. Thanks for your willingness to cooperate. Sincerely yours, RNsh CC Mr. Nash THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR August 23, 1943 Prof. F. ©. Allen 105 Robinson Campus Dear Phog: Thanks very much for sending me the copy of your letter to Mr. Hough and Mr. McClure. I also want to express my appreciation for your prompt action in regard to the complaint about the sailors down on the field. I think we must be careful to keep all of these various groups under as tight a line as possible in this sort of thing or we shall be under undue criticism and our public relations will suffer. I especially appreciate the prompt way in which you acted to straighten the thing out. Sincerely yours, Rares Deane W. Malott Chancellor - August 28, 1945. — Chancellor Deane W. Malott, University of Kansas. Dear Chancellor Malott: I desire to give you a progress report on the swimming pool. I did not want to go into detail at our short conference in your office. We have consulted with Professor F. A. Russell end some representatives of the tile psople in Kansas City. ‘hen we have this information at hani we will submit it to you, which I hope will be soon. We are asking bids on the concrete basin that surrounds the pool from Penny, Constant and Basil Greon. Of course, before we do any of this we will submit the full information to yous. We are dealing through Professor Russell and asking that he ask for bids. By this method we will avoid any teslhnical error.” I was tremendously interested in your interest of the enlisted men on the campus during their recroative hour. Your men~ tion of using tennis courts for volley ball courts causes me to make this observation. All volley ball courts should be near the — building in which students are quartered. The only two possible locations for volley ball courts, as I see it, would be one between Robinson Cymmasium and Haworth Hall, and the other would be on the quadrangle. Would you care to sacrifice this much grass? I still think that it will be necessary on Sundays to — work out a scheme whereby we can apen up both basketball courts for the play of these enlisted men. lvery able-bodied boy has played basketball in elementary selool or high school, and there will be ‘a tremendous demand for these play spaces. I think the supervision could be sufficiently arranged. | > Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Baucation, FCA:AH ‘Varsity Basketball Coach. August 26, 1945. Ms. Raymend Nichols, University of Kansas. Dear Ray: Lieut. Weeks and Lieut Gawthrep of the Machinists Mates, came over this merning and requested the use of the Auditerium from 7 to 9 pem. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights fer their intramural basketball. I told them, of course, that you had the dispensation ef Gates for the auditeriun. I would like fer yeu to send me the schedule of clesed dates (concerts, lectures, ami so ferth) se far as you can so that I may work with these people on their sehedule. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach. August 23, 1943. Mir. Raynond Nichols, Chancellor's Office. I eam enclosing a copy of the letter which Vernon G, Hayes, an instructor in our department, ecaueee sau: ee If you need any Additional information in order to Ak OR ee ES HEN ee RLS Se Glad So: geen: eo for yous a Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coache Hughes 3D, istc. Monorantum to Chaueellor ialott Sinserely yours, | Director of Vhysionl Edueation, POAsAll . Varsity Basketball Conch. Auguat 19, 1065. wth e te ny oUF , ; aan i faery several highs hed wos for such aa tip t other ws” poeeibie the to sirwere- Alt Rs Oomatie Hy ily if ti i Darester of Vearetig D fh He Ha iu iil : ade 3 i : August 18, 1943. Chancellor Deane W. Malott, University of Kansas. Dear Chancellor Malott: Concerning our conversation this morning on the tennis court, I am sending you a copy of the letter I wrote yesterday to Mr. Pemy urging him to be ready when the green light signal flashed. However, I will get busy and get two more bids so that we can move at once. Iam also asking for definite bids on the regulation 60 ft. swimming pool with scum gutter, new tile, sloping fleor, and so forth. Sincerely yours, ~ Direetor of Physical Education, FOAAH Varsity Basketball Coach. : THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR August 17, 1943 Prof. F. C. Allen 105 Robinson Campus Dear Phog: Thanks for your letter about the pool. I think you are probably right. I should, however, like to go further than the statement which Mr. Shatto makes that to replace the broken tile would beprohibitive in cost. What will it cost to rebuild the pool the way we want to? It seems to me we ought to have these figures avail- able. Sometime I want to have a modern swimming pool and would like to know something about how much money it is likely to take to produce one. Could you, at your leisure, therefore, get an estimate of the cost of rebuilding the pool, increasing it to standard length, probably with a sloping floor, the necessary water proofing, addition of scum gutters, and entirely new tile throughout. In this way, we will know what we are up against if and when we come to rebuilding the pool. We can weigh that against the advantages end disadvantages of an outdoor pool -- unless we find we ought to have both!! Sincerely yours, Deane W. Malott Chancellor I desire to thank you most cordially for the invitation to your dinner party honoring Mr. BR. He Jones. I enjoyed every minute of it. I imvited myself as Henry Shenk's guest to Kiwanis Club on a Duteh treat basis because I was so anxious to hear Mr. Jones. Wis talk to the Kiwaniens was highly interesting and on an entirely different angle, but it gave us a definite insight to what the English are really giving up. Such a talk to every man and woman in America would be a for « And it would cut of the beefing on the pert of some people | Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach. August 13, 1943. August 15, 1945. Memorandum to Chancellor Malott: _ J @m answering your query regarding the scum gutter for the swimming pools | : When Mr. W. 5. Shatto of the Slater Tile and Mantel Company of Kansas City called on us in early June I asked him for an estinate on replacement of broken tile. It was his opinion that we would make a mistake to try to replace twelve or thirteen hundred broken tile, that it would be better for us to save that money and put it in entire re- placement of all tile. Mr. Shatto stated that the tile that is in the pool is antiquated and they are not using that type of tile at all and when we got into replacement we would find there would be more then the number we estimated because in taking them out there would be many broken ones. The cost would be prohibitive, in his opinion. . Mr. Shatte recommended that when we replace the job the thing to do is to extend the pool to 60 feet in length, by adding 3 ft. on the cast end and 7 ft. on the west end. All those tile would of necessity come out and it wuld be necessary to build a water-proof reinforced concrete basin back of the tile to hold the water in the . pool. Then when we went into that we would perhaps find leaks in the wall around the sides, and we would just spend more money than if we would start out to build an entirely new enlarged pool. Then I asked him about building a soum gutter. He said, "You have the same proposition. You have got to go back into this water-proof conerete wall because you would have to inset the scum gutter and that would cause all sorts of difficulty.” Therefore, Chancellor, I think we have done everything we can do toward making this pool as nearly modern as possible. What I mean is wo have improved the sanitary conlitions without trying to change any of the walls or the size wtil we are ready to build a new pool. Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, Varsity Basketball Coach.