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Assuring you that we appreciate the courtesies extended our Mr. Welter, we are Yours very truly, CRANE & COMPANY Frazer JCF:ERL ae November 1, 1959.~ ont. i was sorry I couldn"; see you the other Sunday, as I desired to talk to you about lawrence Grigwilde I imew it would take an hour to go over the data that I wanted to cuss with youe Mech Sunday I have a Sunday School class of University students at 9:30. If you should heve any time convenient when you are in Lewrenee agnin I would like an opportunity to have a little time with you. Me We Palmer Snith, of 40] wast 18th Street, Now Yori, has written that he is printing a volus cf Olle ive Biography and wants to include a sketch of yous He also Director of Physical Bducation and Recreation, FCAsAH Versity Basketball Goash. Mire We Palmer Smith, Brooklyn, lew Yorke Dear ‘ir, Smiths ee ultime regarmiing the information you desire about Dre Glem Cumingheme last year Ore Cumninghan wis on the staff of the Mmiversity of Kansas with the rank of Professor of ‘ducation end Lecturer in the Extension Division. This year his con- tract as Professor of Bducation was not renewed, but he con- tinues in his capacity as Extension Leoturer for the Univer. sity. He does a great deal of treveling, giving his popular lectures. Ne speaks in Toledo next Monday. Dre Cieminghem’s home is in Peabody, Zansas, but as We are very sorry thet your letter to the KX. U. News 7 Mire Heady, our new Publicity Director, rush of the football season Ir. Meson misplaced the letter, which he apologizese I heve secured from lire Mason the sketch of Glenn Cumiinghem end am sending it to yous Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball Coashe W. PALMER SMITH 401 EAST EIGHTEENTH STREET BROOKLYN, NEW YORK October 28, 1939 Dr. F. CG. Allen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas My dear Dr. Allen; Will you kingly inform me what position Glenn Cunningham now holds at the University of Kansas? In a volume of Collective Biography I am including a sketch of him, and wish to make a correct statement of his present association with your Universitye More than a month ago I wrote the News Bureau of the University asking this question, and also requesting data of his running record for the past two years, but have received no replye Whatever help you can render will be much appreciated. Faithfully yours GLEN CUNNINGHAM Gunninghem wes born August 4, 1009, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Cunningham, formerly of Elkhart, Ken., now living at Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Glennspent his adolescence among the hardshaps of prarie life in southwestern Kansas. At the age of 8 Glenn wes involved in a tragedy which esaused the death of his — Floyd and all but left Glenn an invalid. Floyd then 13 years old, was stove tander at the little rural school attended by the Cunningham boys and girls. One morning Floyd threw fluid from an unlabelled can into the stove to start the fire. An explosion followed. Eight-year old Glenn was standing nearby. Both were enveloped in flames. Their 12 year old sister, Letha, broke into the school= house and extinguished the fire with sand. Floyd died from his burns and Glenn was in bed six weeks before he recovered to a semi-inva lid stage, his legs covered with scars. He attended high school at Elkhart, Kan. where Coach Roy Varney, a graduate of Kansas State feacher's College of Pittsburg took Glenn in charges In the spring of 1950, his senior year in high school, Glenn came to the Kansas Relays, where he set a high school mile record at 4:31.64; at the state high school meet he ran a record 4:28.4 mile in the rain and at Chicago in the national high school meet he set a record of 4:24.7 which was never broken. FREI TRV aN RN * | z e ; Cunningham played center on the basketball team at Elkhart high school and fullback on the football team, in addition to running on the track team. His college coaches say that Glenn could have been a star in any sport, but he dropped all ian upeete once he reached college, to concentrate on running. Glenn entered the University of Kansas in the fall of 1930 and wwas out of competition that year, due to being a freshman, In the fall of 1931 he was a member of the Kansas two mile team and at the end of the season received a medal as the outstanding two miler in the Big Six Conference. The following spring Cunningham won from all of his Big Six opponents, frequently running the half-mile, mile and two mile all in the same meet. In July of that year he won the National Collegiate championship in the record time of 4:11.1. His next race that summer was in the final Olympic team tryouts and he finished second to win a place on the American Olympic teams — In the 1932 Olympics Glenn, a sophomore, was the first American to finish in the 1500 meter run. He wes fourth, but had turned in a great performance. Glenn's coach these first two years at KeU. had been Brutus tanh ten, one of the country's outstanding track mentors. Hamilton after the Olympics, resigned his position at Kansas, however, to take a place as head track coach at the University of California, where he is situated now. Hamilton was followed by H.W. "Bill" Hargiss as track coach at Kandas. Hargiss has coached many stars of the track world and DNS a isc oc Zs i i JT II asi ae tsa tne as Glenn's coach continued him on the way to success and fame. In 1933, Glenn's junior year, the Kansas star went east to do his first indoor semming te big meets. He won every race he started thet winter, including the Wenamaker mile, Baxter mile and Columbian ales At the Big Six indoor meet that year he set » new record in the 880 yard run of 1:52.2 in addition to winning the mile. At the National Collegiate meet in Chicago he almost duplicated that double victory, setting a new record in the mile of 4:09.9 and losing only by inches to Chuck Hornbostel of Indiana in the 880. 1934 was Glenn's last year as an entoreretuste and he set three nae work records that year. tadper'ss in the Columbian mile, he set a new indoor world record for the mile of 4:08.4 and outdoors, in the Princeton Invitational mest, he yen the fastest mile any man had ever run up to that sien. 4:06.7e He also established a new indoor world record in the 1500 meters of 3:55.42. In 1935 Glenn was eaking greiente work at the University of Iowa and most of the running he did was dabeeres “He Lewepedl kis indoor | world record in the 1500 meters to 3:505 and ran the Baxter mile in 4:09.86 Each year at the University of Kansas one man in the thousand or 80 members of the graduating ohese is named “Honor Man" for that year. Glenn Cunningham ie named “Honor Man of 1934" for his achievements scholasti- cally and in athletics. The previous year s had won the Sullivan Medal awarded each year to the amateur athlete in the United States who by his example and SoD ives etme White nk ernie biecate tes eieiaeinelmaiaalae idlldat aa maiabat 2 tt OEY alae a influence has done the most during the year to advance the cause of the sportsmanship. Gunsinghen received the award in 1933. 1936 was the Olympic year and Glenn had the poorest indoor season of his career. Outdoors however it was a different story. The Kansas flier was undefeated when the boat sailed for Berlin with the American vate team aboard. Glenn had won the final tryouts and now was set to make the final bid for the Olympic championship, the only title whibh had evaded his grasp. “But vietory was to be denied him. Jack Lovelock, the slim New Zealander, ran the race of his life and although Cunningham ran the 1500 meters faster than any human had ever run the distance before, he could not match the pace of Lovelock who slashed more than a full second from the world record. Cunningham finished second. Cunningham did his best work indoors, running one mile in 4:08.7. Outdoors his main acheivement was to winning the National AcAcUe a 1500 meter championship. In 1938 Glenn enjoyed the greatest indoor season of his careers At Dartmouth he ran the mile in 4:04.4, two seconds faster than any man had ever run the distance before, and 211 season he cracked records with abandon. He was undefeated at the mile and 1500 meters indoors this years At the National A.A.U. meet he set a new indoor world record for 1500 antere of 3:48.4. Consequently the records now show that the boy they said might never walk again is the world's greatest miler and probably the greatest miler of all times. He holds the indoor and outdoor world records for the mile and has run the mile under 4:10 three or four times as often as any other miler in history. The fall of 1937, Glenn went to work as member of the staff of the extension division at the University. | work as a lecturer carries him all over the countrys AUDITS SYSTEMS INVESTIGATIONS RICHARD S.WYLER & Co. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS INCOME TAX CONSULTATIONS MEMBERS AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS 1410 DIERKS BUILDING KANSAS CITY November 1,1939. MN. Fovrert C. Ulten, Sovrence , Hamar. Rear Moctor Glen: Qne of the yreatert Mersings to humomity ro the errrrtence men ond wonen who, ike youwlnelt, radsote ein Lellow beingoa. G muro md ¢ a ot the hoavital the other dor and, 1 hawing Vead yowL Letter, he remarked that he had not known what ao reat hond shake woo beiore he met you. 5 om oure there ane - mmy, mony others who one ervesoing themelven oumlarily. The oneration wo a success, to quote the doctor, and J on now taking @ badly needed rear ot home. St woo Lovely of you, Mr. Gtlen, to remember me and J apvieciate your very Rind letter a great deat. Reopecttly youro, Oo K. Carter ail tee! if ine Hinihet qe =. i eee of to teteator aemmail af in eontyhted or « ore ow positive that you can give mer more relief that she has ever obtained fron her treatments heretofore. : , it is a pleasure to write this inadequate history of her case to and I hope that she calls on you shortly With all good wishes, I am Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, FOAAl Varsity Sasketbali Coaches 1—567a PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID QGuly 1935) 4ENT OF _ Be pets 300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Ethie eae = Lawrence, Kansa: SeOFFiciaL BUSINESS ,« Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Haskell Institute “October 30, 1939 Dear Sir: - You are scheduled to umpire our football Zame, played at Haskell Stadium, Thursday, November 2. Game starts promptly at 7:45 p.m. October 19, 1959. you were in the hospital again with a deleted gall bladder. that tis second operation gets the job / Please believe me when I say that I you one hundred per cent. We mve been always very fond of you in a professional end social way, and we sincerely trust that the old fight manifested in your make-up will win in ea canter. all good wishes, I an a ¢ / Yours, Direotor of Physical Mucation and Recreation, . FOAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach. October 20, 19396 Dre Glenn Cum-inghen, Peabody, Kansase Dear Glems ‘ Seme time when you cre in Lawrence I wuld like to heave a conference with you regarding Lawrence Griewolde - | Cordially yours, Director of Physicol Edueation and Recreation, Mire Jolm Fe Carmody Director of Athletios, Lewrence, Kansase Dear lire Carmody: Thank you for your note of the lith instant. i have noted the change in date from Friday, November 5, to Thursday, November 2, of your game with immaculata High School, and I shall be there at the appointed tims, 7:45 pene “I also wish to acknowledge with thanks receipt of your check for $15.00 for officiating at your gane on dotober 6th | I will get in touch with you a little later about officiating at sane of our basketbell gomes. We want to use you whenever possible. Washburn College is putting on a basketball tournament in their field~ house December 28=29=30, and I would like to see you . as one of the "favored few? among the officialse We are playing Michigan State in the tournament. If I can use my influence in any way, I would like to have you as one of the officials, Elmer liolm and Dee Evickson are promoting the tournament. I will talk to you some time in the near future about the set-up theres With best wishes, I an Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education and Recreation, Varsity Basketball Coache UNITED STATES 7 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FIELD SERVICE Haskell Institute Lawrence, Kansas October 11, 1939 Dr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dre Allen: This is to inform you that our football game here with Immaculata High School, which you were to umpire, and which was to have been played on wer pe a Pe . Friday, Novenber 5, has been changed to Thursday, November 2, at 7:45 P.M. The change was made in gv? order to co-operate with local orginazations in connection with the National Cornhusking Contest and we hope that this will not inconvenience you too much. Trusting that you will be able to week this game just the same, I am, Sen oe / . ‘/irector of Athletics Ge Warren a THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE CORBIN HALL October 6, 1939 er, 2, Cy Alien 105 Robinson Gymnasium University of Kansas, Dear Mr, Allens You were kind enough to suggest that you might be able to send an instructor over to the Corbin Hall tennis courts to teach the girls how to play better tennis, I have told them of your offer, and they are very pleased, They suggest that any Saturday or any after- noon after four o'clock would be a good time to arrange for the lessons, If you will let us know what time is best for you, we will see that the girls sign up, Thank you so much for your help, Sincerely, (Suwa C.J. ) (nus a. V? hsb. APBsh October S, 1935« The Caslon Printing Company, 540 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, Californias Dear Sirs: The Department of Physical Education desires to order 15 copies of the revised edition of The : Educetion Curriculum for sale to our ‘enrolled in course ~ Content and | Method of Physical “Mdueetion.g We understand that these copies are 51,00 eache ile shall appreciate your praupt attention to this order. Sincerely yours, Director of Physical iducation and ee Varsity Basketball Conthis October 5, 1939 Mre PR. Le Crow Dept. of Buildings and tines University of Kansas — Dear Mr. Grow: | I'm sorry to have missed you Wednesday night in the gymnasiums fhe recreational group was on the other side of the partition playing badminton. We needed only one more for a good volleyball gemet Ye will always be on the floor during the hours of 5:00 peme to 6:00 peme on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please plan on playing with us. I shall be on the lookout for you next time. Yours sincerely, < Be Be Do Groot, dre EBDG:CG Department of Physical Education Septenber 28, 1959, lire Jolm Pe Carnody, Director of A Lawrence, Kansas. Dear Ire. Carmody: Phank: you very much for your Icindness in sending me four canplimentary season passes to your foot bell gomess It will be a pleasure for me to avail wyself — whenever possible, I also have your nenoranim in regard to your gene on Friday, October 6, ot 2:50 pem. in your stadiume I will be there at thet time to act as one of the officials of the pants ‘ With best wishes for @ successful season, lan Very sincerely yours, : _ Director of Physical Miucation and Recreation, FCAsAH Varsity Basketball Coach. f 1—567a PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID Guly 1935) PAYMENT OQ 00 ethene eine eeu eon OFFICIAL BUSINESS Dr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence = er ee Kansas “Dear Dr. Allen: High Schodl on October 6, which you are to umpire, will start at 2:50 p. m he For your information our game with North K. C. Sincerely, (Signed) JOHN BR CADVIANY John F. Carmody Director of Athletics. UNITED STATES _ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS | FIELD SERVICE Haskell Institute Lawrence, Kansas September 27, 1939 Dr. Forrest C. Allen University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Dre Allen: Enclosed find four season passes to football games at Haskell this year. Trusting that you will be able to see some of our games, I am, ee - JFC;cbp Jsohn F, Garmody 4 ene, 4 Director of Athleti v4 A proved: i fj Sj . - “ @. Warren § din Acting Superintendent °