Chaneelior Deane We Mmlott University of Kansas Dear Chancellor Malott: Really this letter is not of much importance, but it is a desire on my part te explain why there was a slight mix=up prior to Professor Joe Wilkins Glee Club singing the Star Spangled Banner during the flag-raising at the _ Kansas-Nebraska Basketball Game. | When I eame here in 1920, I believed that dramatizing events and — using spectacular display at our basketball games was about ag important as the game itself. There is a fifteen minute intermission between halves; and we, _ vealizing that the public desired fins entertainment, have always utilized this _ ‘time to the best advantage. Fifteen minutes is a long time to site Some diversion away from the strenuous game of basketball is always welcome. The arranging of these entertaiments has always been in my hands. When I delegated it to others they would just put in a hit and miss affair which did not satisfy. I realized that perhaps many people come to football and basket- ball games to enjoy the entertairment as well as the came. : We have put on a variety of entertainment: sommunity singings exhibi- tiens by the Women's Physical Edueation Departments Men's Physical Education display; exhibitions of square dances, with the small village callers girls’ fancy bieycle riding, etee We try to get away from too much of the physical element of heavy athletic work and display the aesthetic and finer arts of physical educations These between-halves exhibitions are something like the Orphewm bills; Sometimes pretty good and sometimes terrible. But we constantly endeavor to improve theme I have never seen any of these exhibitions. I am always in the dressing room with the teame I plan the programa and take the word of the people who do see theme . ; If Professor Wilkins could have his Glee Club sing at each flage raising, it would add tremendously. Neturally, I do not know how it impresses the individual members of the audiences Ever sinee this patriotic demonstration was inaugurated, this lights-out, spet-light en the flag with the flageraising and the Star Spangled Banner, it has always put me in my place nationally with true reverence for the importance of things in the UeSeAs In this panorama of impressive memory, the game itself takes its true place of secondary importaneée We have been putting on between=halves entertainment for over twenty years and we find that the people like it. The first time you saw Professor Joe Wilkins with his Glee Club at the Missouri game, I asked him to do this, but I did not want to presume upon his time by asking for a second or a third similar Chaneellor Malott Page Two “Feb, 22, 1942 performance. I realize it is an imposition to ask these music departments to repeat their same splendid performances for each gamee As much as we desired the Glee Club to sing for flag-raising for each and every game we felt it would be asking too muche I realize that when you called and asked Professor Wilkins and his Glee Club to sing before the Kansas-Nebraska game that this arrange- ment was wholly in his hands, but we mew nothing of ite After Professor Wilkins called Harl Falkenstien in the Athletie Office, who also mew nothing of it, we | had quite a mixeup in getting things straightened oute Professor Wilkins presumed we knew of it but we did note Previous to this time I had ealled Mr. KeW. Davidson, the Minister of Propaganda, and sugzested to him that we would put on a night of patriotic songs for one of our future betweenehalves games. My idea was to have Professor Joe Wilkins, buttressed by his Glee Club, lead the entire student body. Mr. Davidson — thought that was a good idea so we called Professor Wilkins. We, cognizant of the Total Defense Program which now exists in the United States, did thise We — thought that it would impress the students to see the organized effort of their school toward a patriotic endeavor, Also we felt that since so much of this Red stuff has been talked of in the Legislature and has been publicized so much, that it would not hurt us a bit if the students went patriotie one night and this patriotic endeavor was also publicizede Our game with Kansas State is on February 25 end we are hoping that it will be agreeable with Professor Wilkins, aided by Mre Davidson and the rest of us, to have some patriotic songs printed and sung during that game. Everyone of the remaining games is @ sell-out. The Oklahoma geme on March 7 is already sold out and the Aggie game is on the verge of it, so our betwoen-halves spectecles will be played to a packed house. | We have always saved the Missouri game each year for Professor Wiley and his bande Missouri here has always been the Big Game and Professor Wiley has consistently put on such a splendid show that the patrons have expected this fine entertainment, i had always dealt directly with Professor Wiley, making arrangements the same as I have with all the other people, but the fact that you ealled Professor Wilkins and the faet thet Professor Wilkins called Mre Fel kenstien at the Athletic Office caused ovr liaison to be broken somewhat. On Mareh 7, the Oklahoma Game, we will have John Cress put on some advanced parallel bar work and tumbling for between-helves entertainment. He is our new man in physical education, a graduate of the University of Tllinoilse He has a Fellowship heres He wes a member of the Illinois team which won the National Gymnastic Championships | it was en oversight on my part not to send your office these programs beforehande Perhaps I should send you our sehedule of betweenehalves entertainment because doubtless you hear remarks and criticisms that would be helpful in improving Chancellor Malott | Page Three Feb. 12, 194] the spectacles It will be my purpose in the future to transmit to your secretary our scheme of entertainment between halves es far in advanced as possiblee I am sending @ carbon copy of this letter to Professor Joe vilkins, Professor Russell Wiley and Mre Kee Davidson so that all of us will be well informed regarding the entertainment situation. ; Director of Physical Education and Retreation Varsity Basketball Coach FeAslg CG: Prof. Wilkins Pref. 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