. Cuteber 1a, 1942.

Mr. Frank Cranmer,
Gardner, Kensas.

Dear Frank:

Conserning our conversation at the football game last Saturday,
I am sending the following information about our toughening program.
Our obstacle course is not spectacular enough as yet, and we want to
work up something highly pleasing to the eye from a photographic view-
point. Pu |

fhe outstanding part of our program is the fine correlation
between the R.0.T.C. and the Physical Bducation Department. Col. J.5.
Dusenbury and I worked out a plan whereby students in R.0.T.0. would
@rill two times a week and then take physical conditioning onee a
week to satisfy the University requirement for physical exercise three
times a week.

We are using advanced R.0.T.C. students who are enrolled in
physical conditioning classes to give the basic military commands and
tactics of the United States Army. This enables every student enrolled
in either the Army, Navy or Air Corps reserve to become acquainted with
these vitally necessary requirements before they get into the service.
This contribution alone is noteworthy. Ten minutes of each hour is de-.
voted to the diseiplinary command and drill practice.

Then the toughening program, under the direction of Henry
Shenk, Reginald Strait, Wayne Replogle and myself, augmented by a dozen
of our athletic leaders and physical education majors: Ray Bvals,
Hubert Ulrich, Bill Brill, Otto Schnellbacher, Charlie Black, Warren
Hodges, George Dick, Armand Dixon, Max Kissell, Ralph Schaake, Marvin
Vandaveer, and Paul Hardman.

: Captain EB. B. Baker, of the R.0.T.C., cooperated with us in
teaching these leaders military drill so that they would be conversant
with those necessary things, but we leave to the R.0.T.C. boys in our
classes much of this drill. In our toughener program wo strive to bring
out these activities of man: running, jumping, leaping, veulting,
crawling end climbing. ‘The obstacle course gets some of these activities,
but mass soccer, touch football, basketball, boxing end other contact
gemes toughen the men and make them alert for combat service.

Then, when we get far enough along, we expest to use Major
W. BE, Pairbairn's manual, “Get Tough", to teach them the rougher side
of overcoming a man by skill. |
Very sincerely yours,

Director of Physical Education,
FCA: Varsity Basketball Coach. —